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Wednesday, May 12, 1926
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The Headlines
The Pole Four Hours Ahead.; Polar Dirigible Sailed Forth on Her Quest With Weather Most Favorable
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The 1926 United Kingdom general strike ends.
Wikipedia →The Italian-built airship Norge becomes the first vessel to fly over the North Pole.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Florence Nightingale (1820)
- Katharine Hepburn (1907)
- Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895)
- Dorothy Hodgkin (1910)
- Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828)
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
36,549 days ago
(100 years, 49 days)