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On the date

Tuesday, July 24, 1923

From the day

Memories from that day

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes! We Have No Bananas

Frank Silver & Irving Cohn

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • The Treaty of Lausanne, settling the boundaries of modern Turkey, is signed in Switzerland by Greece, Bulgaria and other countries that fought in World War I.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1923

  • Yes, We Have No Bananas

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

37,572 days ago

(102 years, 342 days)