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On the date
Thursday, September 2, 1926
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The Headlines
MOROS WELCOME AMERICAN CAPITAL; Thompson Told at Cotabato They Want Their Rich Rubber Lands Developed. FILIPINO INFLUENCE NIL For the First Time Colonel Is Confronted With No Propaganda for Independence. MOROS WELCOME AMERICAN CAPITAL
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
- Wilhelm Ostwald (1853)
- Frederick Soddy (1877)
- Liliʻuokalani (1838)
- Bill Shankly (1913)
- Arthur Ashkin (1922)
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
36,436 days ago
(99 years, 301 days)