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Friday, December 3, 1926
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The Headlines
CLOAK UNION REVOLT AGAINST REDS BEGINS; 3,000 Strikers at Mass Meeting Charge Betrayal, Demand That Communists Resign. SIGMAN FIRES FIRST GUN Accusations Seen as Launching Struggle Between A.F. of L. Principles and Moscow's. CLOAK UNION REVOLT AGAINST REDS BEGINS
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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886)
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
36,344 days ago
(99 years, 209 days)