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On the date
Tuesday, January 4, 1927
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The Headlines
GIANTS AND ROBINS NAMED IN SCANDAL; Dreyfuss Says New York Players Offered Money to Brooklyn to Beat Pirates in 1921. LANDIS HEARING TOMORROW Eighteen Players of Those Accused by Risberg Assert They Will Testify in Chicago. GIANTS AND ROBINS NAMED IN SCANDAL
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710)
- Katsura Tarō (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
36,312 days ago
(99 years, 177 days)