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On the date
Monday, May 11, 1925
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The Headlines
BERLIN WILL GREET HINDENBURG TODAY; Communist Demonstrations Are Forbidden and All Music by Bands Is Barred. 10,000 POLICE ON GUARD 250,000 in Ranks of Monarchist Clubs Will Line Route and All Berlin Will Look On. BERLIN WILL GREET HINDENBURG TODAY
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Yes Sir, That's My Baby
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Salvador Dalí (1904)
- Richard Feynman (1918)
- Camilo José Cela (1916)
- Antony Hewish (1924)
- Irving Berlin (1888)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Mechanical Television, The Leica I & Masking Tape.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,915 days ago
(101 years, 50 days)