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Sunday, June 20, 1926
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The Headlines
NEW YORK IS SEARCHING FOR A CITY PLAN; Mayor Walker Outlines the Huge Task That Confronts the Citizens' Committee He Has Just Appointed -- A Statement of the Varied Problems Included in Each of the Seven Divisions of the Survey
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Black Bottom
Ray Henderson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The 28th International Eucharistic Congress begins in Chicago, with over 250,000 spectators attending the opening procession.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Errol Flynn (1909)
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566)
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861)
- Audie Murphy (1925)
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
36,510 days ago
(100 years, 10 days)