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Friday, March 19, 1926
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The Headlines
ATTACK ON MALVY SWINGS CHAMBER TO BRIAND, 341-165; Premier Wins Confidence Vote After Defense of Minister, Who Faints Under Strain.
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
- David Livingstone (1813)
- Adolf Eichmann (1906)
- Albert Speer (1905)
- Frédéric Joliot-Curie (1900)
- Richard Francis Burton (1821)
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
36,604 days ago
(100 years, 104 days)