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On the date
Saturday, May 1, 1926
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The Headlines
SENATORS ATTACK FRENCH DEBT DEAL AS COOLIDGE SIGNS; Reed of Missouri Leads Foes of Compact, Charging Commission Exceeded His Authority.
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
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington (1769)
- Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852)
- Joseph Addison (1672)
- Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881)
- Joseph Heller (1923)
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
36,560 days ago
(100 years, 60 days)