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Saturday, June 4, 1927
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The Headlines
CHAMBERLIN EXPERT ON BELLANCA CRAFT; Co-Pilot on Record Test -- Has Flown This Type of Plane Since 1900. GREAT MECHANICAL SKILL Escape From Dangerous Situations Seems to Be Specialty -Only One Serious Accident. CHAMBERLIN EXPERT ON BELLANCA CRAFT
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
- George III (1738)
- Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim (1867)
- François Quesnay (1694)
- Heinrich Otto Wieland (1877)
- Robert F. Furchgott (1916)
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
36,162 days ago
(99 years, 27 days)