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Monday, December 27, 1926
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The Headlines
LATIMER GRIPPING NICARAGUA CRISIS, WASHINGTON FEELS; The State Department Lacks Advices, but Thinks Admiral Has Affair Well in Hand. NO WORD OF DISARMING Nor Does Government Know if Sacasa Liberals Have Evacuated Puerto Cabezas. SOVIET AGENT DENIES AID Says Russia Has No Concern for Insurgents -- Vaca Asserts Messages Are Stopped.
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
- Louis Pasteur (1822)
- Marlene Dietrich (1901)
- Johannes Kepler (1571)
- Ghalib (1797)
- Bohdan Khmelnytsky (1595)
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
36,320 days ago
(99 years, 185 days)