From the day
On the date
Saturday, January 20, 1923
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The Headlines
Naval Radio Operator Is Burned to Death; Two Buildings Destroyed at Maine Station
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes! We Have No Bananas
Frank Silver & Irving Cohn
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Federico Fellini (1920)
- André-Marie Ampère (1775)
- Johannes V. Jensen (1873)
- Aristotle Onassis (1906)
- Charles III of Spain (1716)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Bulldozer, 16mm Film & Hearing Aid (Vacuum Tube).
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,757 days ago
(103 years, 162 days)