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Monday, March 29, 1926
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The Headlines
JEERS OF 1,500 END DEBATE ON SOVIET AS VOTE IS BARRED; Action of Manhattan Opera House Manager Brings Hostile Demonstration.
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
- John Tyler (1790)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
- Sam Walton (1918)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799)
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
36,593 days ago
(100 years, 93 days)