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On the date
Saturday, November 21, 1936
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The Headlines
Madrid's University City Afire As Battle Rages in a Chill Rain; Government Troops Retreat Across the Manzanares River in Casa de Campo Sector, but Claim Gains on Northwest of City -- Refugees to Be Moved to Eastern Spain. UNIVERSITY AFIRE IN MADRID BATTLE
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Voltaire (1694)
- Pope Benedict XV (1854)
- Isaac Bashevis Singer (1903)
- René Magritte (1898)
- Friedrich Schleiermacher (1768)
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
32,703 days ago
(89 years, 218 days)