Wednesday, June 29, 1927

From the day

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The Headlines

Grace Arrives at Mana.; HAWAII ALL EXCITED OVER COMING PLANE

Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900)
• Giorgio Napolitano (1925)
• Giacomo Leopardi (1798)
• Murad I (1326)
• Robert Schuman (1886)

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Tech Check

Electronic TV (Philo Farnsworth), Jukebox (Automatic) & Iron Lung.

Cost of Living (1920)