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Sunday, July 10, 1921
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The Headlines
STORMS FAIL TO GIVE RELIEF FROM HEAT; DEATH LIST GROWS; Lightning and Rain Sweep Across New England-- Cloudburst in Boston. 37 DEAD IN OHIO CITIES Showers Here Bring Little Comfort and Throngs Seek the Beaches. 6 DIE IN AND NEAR NEW YORK Crowd at Coney Estimated at 400,000--Forecast Is for ContinuedWarm Weather Today.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
The Sheik of Araby
Harry B. Smith & Ted Snyder
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
Belfast's Bloody Sunday occurs with 20 killings, at least 100 wounded and 200 homes destroyed during rioting and gun battles in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Nikola Tesla (1856)
- Marcel Proust (1871)
- John Calvin (1509)
- Camille Pissarro (1830)
- Kurt Alder (1902)
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
Time Elapsed
38,316 days ago
(104 years, 356 days)