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On the date
Wednesday, February 2, 1921
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The Headlines
3-Year-Old Spanish Piano Prodigy
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
- James Joyce (1882)
- Ayn Rand (1905)
- Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord (1754)
- Pope Benedict XIII (1650)
- Justin I (450)
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
38,474 days ago
(105 years, 149 days)