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Saturday, May 26, 1923
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The Headlines
Warns Ships of Ice Floes In Atlantic Traffic Lanes
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
On This Day
The first 24 Hours of Le Mans is held in France. Run annually in June thereafter, it became the oldest endurance racing event in the world.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Wayne (1907)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
- Abraham de Moivre (1667)
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
37,631 days ago
(103 years, 36 days)