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Sunday, June 13, 1926
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The Headlines
CITY WILL WITNESS SHAM BATTLE IN AIR; Defense Planes to Meet Invaders 3,000 Feet Over Times Square Next Saturday. RADIO TO DEPICT IT Stunts Will Advertise the 27th Division Air Meet, to Be Held the Following Week.
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
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
- W. B. Yeats (1865)
- Fernando Pessoa (1888)
- Thomas Young (scientist) (1773)
- Charles the Bald (823)
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
36,518 days ago
(100 years, 18 days)