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Friday, January 29, 1926
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The Headlines
ICY GALE HITS CITY; MERCURY AT 7 ABOVE; 84-Mile Wind Endangers Ships and Pedestrians -- Zero Weather Is Expected. WHOLE COUNTRY IS COLD Wave Extends to California -- 30 Below at Duluth -- Lake Is Frozen at Chicago. ICY GALE HITS CITY; MERCURY AT 7 ABOVE
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
- Anton Chekhov (1860)
- William McKinley (1843)
- Romain Rolland (1866)
- Abdus Salam (1926)
- Emanuel Swedenborg (1688)
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
36,652 days ago
(100 years, 152 days)