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Monday, January 23, 1922
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The Headlines
Picks Symphony Director's Pocket, Gets His Address, Steals $2,000 Violin
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The first successful treatment with insulin is given to 14-year-old diabetic Leonard Thompson.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- David Hilbert (1862)
- Stendhal (1783)
- Édouard Manet (1832)
- Hideki Yukawa (1907)
- Gertrude B. Elion (1918)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Technicolor Films, Water Skiing & Audiometer.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
38,119 days ago
(104 years, 159 days)