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On the date
Tuesday, June 15, 1926
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The Headlines
10 DEAD, 60 HURT, IN GARY EXPLOSION; Coke Oven Blast Crumbles Building of the Illinois Steel Company. SCATTERS BLAZING ACID Property Damage Is Estimated in Millions -- 35,000 Are Thrown Out of Work.
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
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Erik Erikson (1902)
- Herbert A. Simon (1916)
- Edward the Black Prince (1330)
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
36,515 days ago
(100 years, 15 days)