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Sunday, April 25, 1926
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The Headlines
RUTH'S THIRD HOMER HELPS BURY RED SOX; Drives in Two Ahead of Him to Swell Yankees' Winning Margin to 9-1. SHOCKER RULES ON MOUND Allows Only Four Hits and Hugmen Cling to Heels of the League-Leading Indians. RUTH'S THIRD HOMER HELPS BURY RED SOX
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
- Guglielmo Marconi (1874)
- Oliver Cromwell (1599)
- Wolfgang Pauli (1900)
- Ella Fitzgerald (1917)
- Louis IX of France (1214)
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
36,566 days ago
(100 years, 66 days)