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Monday, April 12, 1926
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The Headlines
NORGE IS BERTHED SAFELY AT PULHAM AFTER 29-HOUR TRIP; Amundsen's Airship Reaches English Airport at 2:30 P.M., Landing at 6 o'Clock. IT BATTLED STRONG WINDS But Greatest Difficulty Came at Hangar, Due to Unfamiliarity With the Field. STANDS UP UNDER THE TEST Both Major Scott and Riiser-Larsen Say the Dirigible Is Suited for the Polar Expedition. NORGE IS BERTHED SAFELY AT PULHAM
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
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
- Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884)
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
36,579 days ago
(100 years, 79 days)