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Tuesday, March 29, 1927
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The Headlines
MINERS MAKE MOVE TO AVERT A STRIKE; Policy Committee Authorizes the Men to Work at Present Wages Pending Negotiations. CONCEDE DISTRICT SCALES Move Meets Operators' Stand in Past and Is Called by Lewis a Step Toward Peace. MINERS MAKE MOVE TO AVERT A STRIKE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
- Sam Walton (1918)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799)
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
36,228 days ago
(99 years, 93 days)