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Tuesday, July 13, 1937
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The Headlines
Storm Halts Heat After 6 Die Here, Delays Trains, Causes $50,000 Fire; Downpour Floods Tracks in Park Avenue Tunnel-Lightning Starts Blaze in Queens Factory--Mercury Falls From 87 to 75 Degrees, but Today Is Due to Be Warm
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Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
You Share a Birthday With
- 1841 (1851)
- Wole Soyinka (1934)
- Pope Clement X (1590)
- Simone Veil (1927)
- Isaac Babel (1894)
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
32,470 days ago
(88 years, 350 days)