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Sunday, May 24, 1925
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The Headlines
RICE'S PENN CREWS SWEEP THE HARLEM; Beat Princeton and Columbia Eights in All 3 Races of Childs Cup Regatta. COLUMBIA LAST 3 TIMES Third in Varsity and Freshman and Second in Duel With Red and Blue. RICE'S PENN CREWS SWEEP THE HARLEM
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
- Queen Victoria (1819)
- Mikhail Sholokhov (1905)
- Jean-Paul Marat (1743)
- Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit (1686)
- William Gilbert (physicist) (1544)
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
36,903 days ago
(101 years, 38 days)