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Wednesday, April 2, 1924
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The Headlines
LUDENDORFF FREED, ACCLAIMED AS HERO BY MUNICH CROWDS; General, Acquitted, Denounces Court for Sentencing Fellow-Plotters to Prison. HITLER GETS FIVE YEARS Others Get 5 Years to 18 Months, but Some Are Released and Others Soon Will Be NATIONAL SPIRIT IS RISING Bismarck Day and Ludendorff's Acquittal Are Celebrated In Berlin and Hamburg.
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
- Hans Christian Andersen (1805)
- Émile Zola (1840)
- AD 747 (747)
- 181 (181)
- Giacomo Casanova (1725)
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
37,319 days ago
(102 years, 89 days)