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Sunday, January 31, 1926
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The Headlines
DEAD HEAT THRILLS FAIR GROUNDS FANS; 12,000 in Frenzy as Georgie and Harlan Provide First Tie in New Orleans in 10 Years. HILARY ONLY A NECK AWAY John T.D. Loses Rider as Chance Looms to Win -- Tester Takes the Comus Handicap. DEAD HEAT THRILLS FAIR GROUNDS FANS
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
- Franz Schubert (1797)
- Norman Mailer (1923)
- Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543)
- Alva Myrdal (1902)
- Irving Langmuir (1881)
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
36,650 days ago
(100 years, 150 days)