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Sunday, January 17, 1926
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The Headlines
Modern Tailored Attire Worn By Coolidge's Indian Callers
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Franklin (1706)
- David Lloyd George (1863)
- Anne Brontë (1820)
- Al Capone (1899)
- Pedro Calderón de la Barca (1600)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,664 days ago
(100 years, 164 days)