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On the date
Tuesday, June 21, 1927
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The Headlines
JAPAN FOR CAUTION IN NAVAL CHANGES; Radical Departures Should Be Avoided, Saito Declares at Geneva Conference. MAKES FORMAL PROPOSAL This Stipulates Against Any Increase Except Small Craft, Regulates Replacements. JAPAN FOR CAUTION IN NAVAL CHANGES
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
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Machado de Assis (1839)
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
- Jane Russell (1921)
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
36,145 days ago
(99 years, 10 days)