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On the date
Sunday, February 21, 1926
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The Headlines
DEFENDS THE NAME OF SENATOR CLARK; His Life Free From Scandal, Lawyer Says, in Denying Claims of Three Women. FINDS MANY OF SAME NAME Declares No Connection Exists Between the Late Senator and Missouri Druggist. DEFENDS THE NAME OF SENATOR CLARK
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
- Robert Mugabe (1924)
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
- Peter III of Russia (1728)
- John Rawls (1921)
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
36,630 days ago
(100 years, 130 days)