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On the date
Wednesday, July 11, 1923
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The Headlines
TO DROP 2-TON BOMBS IN TEST ON WARSHIPS; Army Fliers Will Try to Sink Virginia and New Jersey in New Experiments. ONE TO BE MOVING TARGET Navy Will Have No Part in Coming Exercises, Scheduled for Late Summer.
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
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- Yul Brynner (1920)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834)
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
37,586 days ago
(102 years, 356 days)