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On the date
Saturday, August 28, 1937
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The Headlines
P. H. STRONG, WIFE DIE WITH 2 IN PLANE; Rochester Assemblyman Falls in Rain and Fog After Overshooting Albany Airport
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Toyota Motors becomes an independent company.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749)
- Jack Kirby (1917)
- Godfrey Hounsfield (1919)
- C. Wright Mills (1916)
- George Whipple (1878)
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
32,423 days ago
(88 years, 303 days)