From the day
On the date
Wednesday, January 26, 1921
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The Headlines
7 Men in Seaplane Marooned 15 Hours By Ice in Raritan Bay; Rescued by Firemen
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
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Polykarp Kusch (1911)
- Achim von Arnim (1781)
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
38,481 days ago
(105 years, 156 days)