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Friday, February 18, 1927
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The Headlines
Woman Deputy Sheriff Raids 'Vacant' House; Gets Three Men and 200 Gallons of Whisky
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
- Alessandro Volta (1745)
- Ramakrishna (1836)
- Mary I of England (1516)
- Ernst Mach (1838)
- Nikos Kazantzakis (1883)
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
36,267 days ago
(99 years, 132 days)