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On the date

Friday, April 9, 1937

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The Headlines

Ball Gives $10,000,000 to Charity; Fund Gets His Midamerica Common; Van Sweringen Top Company Stock Goes to Indiana Family's Foundation--Donation Faces Fight by Cleveland Estate--Wheeler to Look Into Control of '$3,000,000,000 Empire'

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The must-have

Monopoly (Parker Brothers)

On This Day

  • The Kamikaze arrives at Croydon Airport in London. It is the first Japanese-built aircraft to fly to Europe.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

damefellaswelllousy

Hardboiled

clip jointgriftershamusgunsel

Swing Era

alligatorjitterbugkiller dillerin the groove

Catchphrases of 1937

  • Oh, the humanity!

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

32,564 days ago

(89 years, 79 days)