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On the date
Thursday, October 8, 1925
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The Headlines
MUSSOLINI GRASPS FOR SUPREME POWER; Fascist Council Adopts Plan Ending Old Form of Constitutional Government.
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
- Marina Tsvetaeva (1892)
- Juan Perón (1895)
- Frank Herbert (1920)
- Otto Heinrich Warburg (1883)
- Zog I (1895)
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
36,765 days ago
(100 years, 265 days)