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On the date
Thursday, May 24, 1923
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The Headlines
GOD OF VENGEANCE' PLAYERS CONVICTED; Jury Takes Ninety Minutes to Find 13 Guilty of Presenting an Immoral Performance. FIRST CONVICTION OF KIND Verdict Will Have Wholesome Effect, Slays Court -- Sentence Is Set for June 22. GOD OF VENGEANCE' PLAYERS CONVICTED
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
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
37,633 days ago
(103 years, 38 days)