From the day
On the date
Monday, May 23, 1927
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The Headlines
HOLY NAME PLEDGE RECITED BY 70,000; Cardinal Hayes Addresses the Largest Gathering Ever Held by Catholic Society. DEMONSTRATION OF FAITH Warren Leads 3,000 Police Members to a Rally of 330 Branches in Yankee Stadium. HOLY NAME PLEDGE RECITED BY 70,000
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
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Hans Frank (1900)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
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
36,174 days ago
(99 years, 39 days)