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On the date
Monday, January 28, 1924
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The Headlines
2 KILLED, 5 INJURED AS ENGINE HITS AUTO; Long Island Locomotive Crushes Car at Entrance to Calvary Cemetery. TWO OTHERS MAY DIE Crossing Gates Frozen, Were Not Lowered -- Victims Are Hurled 200 Feet. 2 KILLED, 5 INJURED AS ENGINE HITS AUTO
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Jackson Pollock (1912)
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
- Pope Clement IX (1600)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Loudspeakers, Frozen Food Process & Spiral Notebooks.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
37,384 days ago
(102 years, 154 days)