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Sunday, August 30, 1936
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The Headlines
Withdraws SEC Registration
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
The RMS Queen Mary wins the Blue Riband by setting the fastest transatlantic crossing.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Warren Buffett (1930)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
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
32,787 days ago
(89 years, 302 days)