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On the date
Tuesday, March 22, 1927
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The Headlines
HOLDS EARL CARROLL MUST GO TO PRISON; Supreme Court Refuses to Review Sentence of Producer in Bathtub Case. CLEMENCY LAST RESORT Counsel Says Adverse Decision Exhausts All Possibilities of Appeal by Manager. CARROLL LOSES PLEA IN SUPREME COURT
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
- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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
36,235 days ago
(99 years, 100 days)