From the day
On the date
Saturday, May 12, 1923
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The Headlines
89 Killed, 2,727 Hurt on City Streets in April; Police Warned 8,000 'Jay Walkers' of Danger
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
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
37,645 days ago
(103 years, 50 days)