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On the date
Friday, April 30, 1926
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The Headlines
WHITTEMORE RUSHED TO A CELL IN TOMBS; Four Detectives Bring Gang Leader From Buffalo After Trial Disagreement. BALTIMORE CLAIM TO WAIT Must Show Concrete Evidence in Killing Charge Before Banton Will Give Him Up. WHITTEMORE RUSHED TO A CELL IN TOMBS
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
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Claude Shannon (1916)
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
36,561 days ago
(100 years, 61 days)