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Wednesday, June 1, 1927
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The Headlines
FLIER GETS BRITISH CROSS; King and Queen Then Chat Informally With Him About Flight. BABY PRINCESS GREETS HIM He Meets the Prince of Wales and Baldwin and Is Honored by Commons and Aero Clubs. ACCLAIMED AT DERBY BALL Arriving With Prince of Wales, Lindbergh Is Cheered and the Band Plays 'Yankee Doodle.'
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
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
36,164 days ago
(99 years, 29 days)