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Monday, March 15, 1926
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The Headlines
First Phone Talk From a New York Home To One Near London Is Conspicuous Success
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
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
36,607 days ago
(100 years, 107 days)