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Tuesday, February 22, 1927
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The Headlines
STORM DEATHS GROW; LINERS BATTLE GALE; Bodies and Wreckage Washed Ashore as Wind Veers and Ends Flood Peril. STEAMER GOES ON SHOALS Tug Pulls the Columbus Out of Danger -- Heavy Damage at All Coast Towns. STORM DEATHS GROW; LINERS BATTLE GALE
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
- George Washington (1732)
- Arthur Schopenhauer (1788)
- Heinrich Hertz (1857)
- Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell (1857)
- Luis Buñuel (1900)
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
36,264 days ago
(99 years, 129 days)