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On the date
Thursday, May 4, 1922
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The Headlines
10,000 CHEER PLEAS FOR BEER AND WINE; Senator Wadsworth, in Garden Message, Calls Dry Acts "a Terrible Mistake." W.H. ANDERSON IS HISSED James Speyer Asserts That the Prohibition Situation Should Be Revised.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Henry Huxley (1825)
- Kakuei Tanaka (1918)
- Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655)
- Wang Jingwei (1883)
- John Hanning Speke (1827)
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
38,018 days ago
(104 years, 58 days)