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Monday, May 21, 1923
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The Headlines
OCCUPATION OF RUHR NEAR SELF-SUPPORT; Cost Has Been 145,500,000 Francs to Date, Receipts 102,000,000 Francs. RETURNS RISING STEADILY Poincare Government Faces At- tack on Its Policy in Debate Tomorrow in the Chamber. OCCUPATION OF RUHR NEAR SELF-SUPPORT
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
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
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
37,636 days ago
(103 years, 41 days)