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Saturday, May 21, 1921
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The Headlines
STRIKE MOB JEERS TITLED STEWARDS AS AQUITANIA DOCKS; 1,000 Noisy Sympathizers at Cunard Pier Hustled Away by Police Reserves. NEGRO IS SEVERELY BEATEN Volunteers, Tired After Serving Tons of Food, Tell of Amusing Incidents on Voyage. COUNTESS JOINS THE CREW One Steward Tells Passenger His Seasick Wife Is "Spoofing" Him--Another Offers Woman Cigarettes.
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
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
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
38,366 days ago
(105 years, 41 days)