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On the date
Monday, May 3, 1926
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The Headlines
CABINET IS FIRM IN WARNING UNIONS; Calls General Strike Order a Challenge to Rights and Freedom of Nation. DEMANDS IT BE REVOKED Labor Leaders Retort With Denial and Notification That Negotiations Are at an End. CABINET IS FIRM IN WARNING UNIONS
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
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- Pete Seeger (1919)
- George Paget Thomson (1892)
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
36,558 days ago
(100 years, 58 days)