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On the date
Saturday, May 28, 1921
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The Headlines
DECIDE TO PUT MORE TROOPS IN IRELAND; London Times Says They May Be Used in Systematic "Round-Up of Rebels." DETAILS NOT YET SETTLED Dail Eireann Admits Ordering Firing of Custom House as Military Operation.
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
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Thomas Moore (1779)
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
38,359 days ago
(105 years, 34 days)