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Friday, June 17, 1927
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The Headlines
$25,000 ORTEIG PRIZE PRESENTED TO FLIER; Donor of Award Hands Check to Lindbergh as Crowd Cheers at Tea at the Brevoort. WARMLY PRAISES SUCCESS Airman Replies That Offer Was a Challenge Such as Will 'Never Go Unanswered.' $25,000 ORTEIG PRIZE PRESENTED TO FLIER
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
36,148 days ago
(99 years, 13 days)