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On the date
Wednesday, December 23, 1925
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The Headlines
BUTLER DISMISSED AS POLICE DIRECTOR; General Quits Marines Only to Be Removed by Philadelphia Mayor as 'Not Wanted.' HE DECIDES TO OBEY ORDER Lejeune Telephones Him to Come to the Capital and Reconsider His Resignation. BUTLER DISMISSED AS POLICE DIRECTOR
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
- Helmut Schmidt (1918)
- Alexander I of Russia (1777)
- Joseph Smith (1805)
- Jean-François Champollion (1790)
- Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve (1804)
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
36,689 days ago
(100 years, 189 days)