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Wednesday, September 13, 1922
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The Headlines
BOY DEAD, 2 DYING AFTER GANG BATTLE; Rival Bootleg Bands Clash in Williamsburg--Stray Bullet Hits Lad. POLICE MAKE TWO ARRESTS Dead Boy's Younger Brother Points Out Man He Says Fired the Pistol.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Buddy
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Raggedy Andy
On This Day
The final act of the Greco-Turkish War, the Great Fire of Smyrna, commences.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Roald Dahl (1916)
- Arnold Schoenberg (1874)
- Claudette Colbert (1903)
- Clara Schumann (1819)
- Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach (1830)
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
37,886 days ago
(103 years, 291 days)