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Tuesday, January 12, 1937
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The Headlines
MATTSON BOY FOUND SLAIN; BODY LEFT IN LONELY BRUSH; KILLER'S FOOTPRINTS IN SNOW; BEATEN TO DEATH
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
damefellaswelllousy
Hardboiled
clip jointgriftershamusgunsel
Swing Era
alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove
Tech Check
Jet Engine, Walkie-Talkie & Photocopier Concepts.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,651 days ago
(89 years, 166 days)