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On the date

Tuesday, July 21, 1925

From the day

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Yes Sir, That's My Baby

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

  • Scopes Trial: In Dayton, Tennessee, high school biology teacher John T. Scopes is found guilty of teaching human evolution in class and fined $100.

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  • Malcolm Campbell becomes the first man to exceed 150 mph (241 km/h) on land. At Pendine Sands in Wales, he drives Sunbeam 350HP built by Sunbeam at a two-way average speed of 150.33 mph (242 km/h).

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1925

  • The business of America is business

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

36,844 days ago

(100 years, 344 days)