Monday, May 3, 1920

From the day

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

The Headlines

$500,000,000 STEEL MERGER IN CANADA BIGGEST IN EMPIRE; Nine Companies, Including Coal and Transportation Concerns, Form a Union. SECOND ONLY TO U.S. STEEL British Capital and Manufacturing Experience Joined with Canadian Resources. GRANT MORDEN AT HEAD Directors Include Many Leading Industrialists and Financiers in England.

Best-selling Sheet Music

Whispering

John Schonberger

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

On This Day

• A Bolshevik coup fails in the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

  Wikipedia →

You Share a Birthday With

• Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
• Golda Meir (1898)
• Bing Crosby (1903)
• Pete Seeger (1919)
• George Paget Thomson (1892)

Slang

Tech Check

Commercial Radio Stations (KDKA), Hair Dryer & Band-Aid.

Style of 1920

Silhouette: Straight and drop-waisted (Flapper)

Material: Beaded silk and rayon

• Bobbed hair
• Cloche hats
• T-strap heels

Cost of Living (1920)