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Thursday, March 11, 1926
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The Headlines
Amundsen's Airship Makes a Night Flight; Norge Is Successful in Long Test in Italy
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
- Harold Wilson (1916)
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
- Frederik IX (1899)
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
36,611 days ago
(100 years, 111 days)