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Thursday, January 13, 1921
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The Headlines
TO HOLD INAUGURAL ON CAPITOL PORCH; Harding Will Take Oath and Speak From Platform to Crowd on Steps and Plaza. LARGE STAND ABANDONED President-Elect's Expressed Wish to Let People Hear Is Met by Committee.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- AD 101 (101)
- Wilhelm Wien (1864)
- Chaïm Soutine (1893)
- Zhou Youguang (1906)
- Henry II of Castile (1334)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Robots (The Term 'Robot'), Polygraph (Modern) & Insulin (Medical Tech).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Meanwhile
- Post-WWI Recession — Severe deflation and collapse of agricultural prices.
Time Elapsed
38,494 days ago
(105 years, 169 days)