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On the date
Wednesday, April 30, 1924
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE ASSUMES PARTY LEADERSHIP; White House Indicates He Will Choose Convention Officials and Determine Platform. OHIO IS STRONG FOR HIM But Daugherty Is Running Last Among Delegates -- Cox Far Ahead of McAdoo. COOLIDGE ASSUMES PARTY LEADERSHIP
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
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
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
37,291 days ago
(102 years, 61 days)