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Friday, May 19, 1922
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The Headlines
HARDING ASSERTS HONEST COMMERCE IS NATION'S NEED; President Tells Chamber of Commerce We Are on the Threshold of a New Era. WANTS A MERCHANT MARINE No Other Desire of the Administration Ranks Higher, HeDeclares. POINTS TO RUSSIA'S PLIGHTQuotes Declaration That It Cannot Be Relieved While Its People Work Without Reward.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The Young Pioneer Organization of the Soviet Union is established.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
- Julius Evola (1898)
- Max Perutz (1914)
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
38,003 days ago
(104 years, 43 days)