Monday, June 28, 1926

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The Headlines

Gen. Da Costa Becomes Dictator of Portugal; He Plans to Exile All Political Prisoners

Best-selling Sheet Music

Black Bottom

Ray Henderson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• Mercedes-Benz is formed by Gottlieb Daimler and Karl Benz merging their two companies.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712)
• Peter Paul Rubens (1577)
• Luigi Pirandello (1867)
• Henry VIII (1491)
• Maria Goeppert Mayer (1906)

Slang

Tech Check

Liquid Fuel Rocket, Talking Movies (Vitaphone) & Aerosol Spray Can.

Cost of Living (1920)