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Thursday, September 22, 1938
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The Headlines
CITY IS HARD HIT; Many Areas Darkened and Tube and Harbor Traffic Halted 8 DIE IN WESTHAMPTON Many Are Reported MissingFloods Threaten Rivers All Over the East Ferry Boat Now Believed Safe Subway is Tied Up EASTERN SEABOARD SWEPT BY STORM Thousands of Trees Felled Passage of Storm Bus Lines Are Retarded Air Lines Finally Halt
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- Michael Faraday (1791)
- Wilhelm Keitel (1882)
- Peter Simon Pallas (1741)
- Anne of Cleves (1515)
- Anne of Austria (1601)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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Hardboiled
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Swing Era
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Tech Check
Ballpoint Pen, Xerography & Nylon Bristle Toothbrush.
Cost of Living (1930)
Loaf of Bread
$0.09
Gallon of Gas
$0.20
Average Home
$3,900
New Car
$640
Time Elapsed
32,033 days ago
(87 years, 278 days)