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Thursday, January 20, 1921
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The Headlines
BRORDEN CITY FIGHT AGAINST FARE RISE; Legislators From All the Boroughs Call Conferenceto Make Plans.ACCEPT BROOKLYN LEADOpposition Is to Federal Receiverships That Relieve Linesof Certain Regulation.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The first Constitution of Turkey is adopted, making fundamental changes in the source and exercise of sovereignty by consecrating the principle of national sovereignty.
Wikipedia →The British K-class submarine HMS K5 sinks in the English Channel; all 56 on board die.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Aristotle Onassis (1906)
- Charles III of Spain (1716)
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
38,487 days ago
(105 years, 162 days)