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On the date
Monday, April 4, 1927
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The Headlines
Eastman Plans $3,000,000 Wage Dividends; Proposal Goes to Stockholders Tomorrow
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
- Caracalla (188)
- Marguerite Duras (1914)
- Isoroku Yamamoto (1884)
- Muddy Waters (1913)
- Comte de Lautréamont (1846)
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
36,222 days ago
(99 years, 87 days)