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Tuesday, January 30, 1923
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The Headlines
STATE SENATE VOTES WINE AND BEER PLEA; Passes Resolution, 27 to 17, Urging Congress to Liberalize Volstead Act.
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
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781)
- Max Theiler (1899)
- Amrita Sher-Gil (1913)
- Félix Faure (1841)
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
37,748 days ago
(103 years, 153 days)