From the day
On the date
Friday, August 14, 1925
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The Headlines
Says Old Hearst Machine May Back Tammany Ticket
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
- John Galsworthy (1867)
- Hans Christian Ørsted (1777)
- Pope Pius VII (1742)
- Frederick William I of Prussia (1688)
- Guangxu Emperor (1871)
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
36,820 days ago
(100 years, 320 days)