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On the date
Friday, August 14, 1936
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The Headlines
ONE DEAD, 9 INJURED IN ELEVATED CRASH ON THIRD AV. LINE; Wooden Car With Passengers Telescopes Into Work Train, Crushing Motorman.
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Rainey Bethea is hanged in Owensboro, Kentucky in the last known public execution in the United States.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Richard R. Ernst (1933)
- René Goscinny (1926)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Voice Recorder, Helicopter (Focke-Wulf) & Sunscreen.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,802 days ago
(89 years, 317 days)