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Saturday, December 11, 1937
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The Headlines
CITY CLEARS WAY FOR HIGHWAY ROUTE TO RING MANHATTAN; Drive Along the Harlem Will Complete Plans for High Speed Traffic
Read in The New York Times →The must-have
Monopoly (Parker Brothers)
On This Day
Second Italo-Ethiopian War: Italy leaves the League of Nations.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Naguib Mahfouz (1911)
- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918)
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
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
32,318 days ago
(88 years, 198 days)