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On the date
Wednesday, February 9, 1927
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The Headlines
OUR LEGATION HIT IN LISBON REVOLT; Minister Deering Reports the Staff Has Been Compelled to Abandon Building. BRITAIN SENDS WARSHIPS President Carmona, at Head of Loyal Troops, Is Reported to Have Recaptured Oporto.
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
- William Henry Harrison (1773)
- Thomas Paine (1737)
- Jacques Monod (1910)
- Abdulaziz (1830)
- Ali-Shir Nava'i (1441)
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
36,276 days ago
(99 years, 141 days)