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Thursday, January 6, 1927
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The Headlines
PRESIDENT DEFIES HOUSE NAVY REVOLT; He Sends Letter to French, Saying He Stands by Budget Against Cruiser Funds. LEADERS GO RIGHT AHEAD Vote Today or Tomorrow on 3 Cruisers and 2 Dirigibles Expected to Win Decisively. PRESIDENT DEFIES HOUSE NAVY REVOLT
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
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Kim Dae-jung (1924)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Gustave Doré (1832)
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
36,310 days ago
(99 years, 175 days)