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Thursday, August 20, 1936
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The Headlines
DOOLING WINS TRUCE AS AIDES' FISTS FLY; Tammany Chief's Triumvirate Upheld After Kenneally and Sullivan Trade Blows. BUT ROW STILL SMOLDERS Roosevelt Drive Held Imperiled Though Move to Oust Leader Awaits Campaign's End. DOOLING WINS TRUCE AS AIDES' FISTS FLY
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Ron Paul (1935)
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
32,796 days ago
(89 years, 311 days)