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Monday, September 20, 1926
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The Headlines
HURRICANE RAGES 9 HOURS; It Ravages the East Coast From Miami to Palm Beach. HEAVY SEAS FLOOD CITIES Lake Okeechobee Breaks Its Dikes and It Is Feared Hundreds Have Drowned. LOSS MAY BE $100,000,000 Thousands of Buildings Are Wrecked, Roads Blocked, Wires Down -- Martial Law in 3 Cities.
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
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
- Ananda Mahidol (1925)
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778)
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
36,418 days ago
(99 years, 283 days)