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Wednesday, February 22, 1922
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The Headlines
INJURED SURVIVORS TELL OF DISASTER; Officers Coolly Remained at Their Posts of Duty Until the Roma Struck. EXPLOSION FOLLOWED FALL Flames, Eating Fabric, Opened a Way for Some Imprisoned Men to Escape.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
38,089 days ago
(104 years, 129 days)