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Wednesday, July 28, 1926
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The Headlines
SHIPS OFF FLORIDA FIGHT 100-MILE GALE; Vainly Seek Italian Freighter Ansaldo, Crippled in Seas Rolled Up by Hurricane. HAVOC ALONG PALM BEACH $1,000,000 Damage Is Done to Homes and Yachts -- Wires Are Down Over Wide Area. SHIPS OFF FLORIDA FIGHT 100-MILE GALE
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
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
- Charles H. Townes (1915)
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
36,472 days ago
(99 years, 337 days)