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On the date
Sunday, May 1, 1921
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The Headlines
NEW RAID ON REDS DISCLOSES 'RULES' FOR FIGHT ON U.S.; Documents Involve Nuorteva in Propaganda to Overthrow Government by Force. 3 HELD IN $50,000 BAIL Papers Show Cornell Students Sought to Enlist in American Soviet Movement. BOLSHEVIST POLICE SOUGHT Regulations for Control of Workers' League by "Underground Party" Also Revealed.
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The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The Jaffa riots commence.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Rudolf I of Germany (1218)
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
38,386 days ago
(105 years, 61 days)