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Thursday, May 21, 1925
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The Headlines
Front Page 1 -- No Title; REICHSTAG BACKS UP LUTHER'S PROGRAM; STORM OVER TARIFF Socialist Motion for a Vote of Lack of Confidence Is Defeated, 214 to 129. DUTIES ON FOOD ATTACKED Government's Proposals Condemned by Left Parties as a Proof of Junker Domination. VOTE ON FLAG IS SOUGHT Schiele Also Suggests Abrogation of the Law for the Protection of the Republic. REICHSTAG BACKS UP LUTHER'S PROGRAM
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The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The opera Doktor Faust, unfinished when composer Ferruccio Busoni died, is premiered in Dresden.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Andrei Sakharov (1921)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
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
36,905 days ago
(101 years, 40 days)