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Friday, December 19, 1924
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The Headlines
HUGHES HAILS NEW ENVOY; Breaks All Precedents to Express Confidence in Cordial Relations.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Fascinating Rhythm
George Gershwin
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
German serial killer Fritz Haarmann is sentenced to death for a series of murders.
Wikipedia →The last Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost is sold in London, England.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
- Mileva Marić (1875)
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
37,059 days ago
(101 years, 194 days)