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Monday, August 9, 1937
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The Headlines
LIGHTNING KILLS 3, FELLS 14 ON BEACH NEAR RIIS PARK; THROWS BATHERS IN PANIC; BOLT HITS 3 GROUPS Prongs of One Great Lightning Fork Strike Mile-Wide Area IT COMES WITH SQUALL Mows Down Fishermen and Bathers Huddled in Shack and Under Umbrellas BOY, 5, ONE OF VICTIMS Coast Guard Struck in Boat--Heat Kills Two and Five Drown in City Area Bolt Hits a Coast Guard Strange Bolt Described LIGHTNING KILLS 3, FELLS 14 ON BEACH Scene "Like a Battlefield" Knocked Down In Boat Girl. Hit by Bolt, Dies
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- Tove Jansson (1914)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- Mário Zagallo (1931)
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
32,442 days ago
(88 years, 322 days)