yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Tuesday, September 23, 1919

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

LAKE SEAMEN VOTE TO QUIT; Sympathetic Acton Of Men On Vessels Carrying Iron, Ore.STEAM ENGINEERS WILL NOTTheir Union's President, AfterSeeing Gompers, Wires,Ordering Delay.CLEVELAND FIREMEN OUTStationary Engineers There Also Ordered Out--Youngstown Switchmen Will Take Vote. LAKE SEAMEN VOTE TO QUIT

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

John Kellette

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1919

  • The Red Scare

Tech Check

Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

38,972 days ago

(106 years, 282 days)