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Friday, August 13, 1926
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The Headlines
MANY HURT AS BOLTS HIT; Windows Are Smashed and Cornices Tumble From Buildings. BIG CROWDS JAM STATIONS Passengers on Trains Are Hurt in Rush for Doors and Cut by Flying Glass. STORM RECORDS EXCEEDED Weather Bureau Reports Rainfall of 3.24 Inches -- Radio Broadcasting Is Halted. STORM TIES lip ] CITY'S TRAFFIG
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
- Fidel Castro (1926)
- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Frederick Sanger (1918)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
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
36,456 days ago
(99 years, 321 days)