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On the date
Tuesday, November 9, 1926
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The Headlines
MAID ARRESTED IN $300,000 THEFT; Jewels Mrs. M.C. Taylor Wore at Opening of Opera Season Stolen the Next Day. LOOT IS NOT RECOVERED Prisoner Was Once Fined as Shoplifter, Say Police, Called In After Private Inquiry Failed.
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
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Hedy Lamarr (1914)
- George II of Great Britain (1683)
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
36,369 days ago
(99 years, 234 days)