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Thursday, October 15, 1936
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The Headlines
CHICAGO HAILS PRESIDENT; New Deal Was Only Way to Rescue Private Profit, Huge Throng is Told. TALES OF FEAR DENOUNCED 'The Answer Is the Record of What We Have Done,' He Says, and Cites Gains Made. HE IS GREETED BY 400,000 At Stadium Where He Was First Nominated 26,000 Accord Him an Ovation After Parade. PRESIDENT ASSERTS HE SAVED BUSINESS
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
- Akbar (1542)
- Mikhail Lermontov (1814)
- Michel Foucault (1926)
- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam (1931)
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
32,741 days ago
(89 years, 256 days)