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On the date
Saturday, May 19, 1923
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The Headlines
BORAH SEES COURT BOUND TO LEAGUE; Tells 6,000 in St. Louis United States Cannot Join It and Stay Out of Parent Body. CALLS FOR 1924 SHOWDOWN Aims Not to Defeat Harding, but to Control Convention Against Court Idea. BORAH SEES COURT BOUND TO LEAGUE
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
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
- Julius Evola (1898)
- Max Perutz (1914)
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
37,639 days ago
(103 years, 44 days)