yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Saturday, August 19, 1922

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

GUESSES AT WEALTH NORTHCLIFFE LEFT RUN TO 9,000,000; London Also Busy Speculating as to the Probable Future of London Times. IN TRUST FOR THE NATION? One Report Recalls Publisher's Reported Idea of Asking Lord Rosebery to Serve. ANOTHER STORY PICKS HEIR He Is Lord Rothermere's Son, Said to Be Northcliffe's Favorite Nephew.

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

My Buddy

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Raggedy Andy

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1922

  • Tutmania

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

37,911 days ago

(103 years, 316 days)