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Tuesday, July 5, 1927

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The Headlines

AIRMEN HEROES OF THE DAY; Big Change in Sentiment From Last Year Is Noted at Ceremonies. BYRD CHEERED ON ALL SIDES He Visits Mme. Nungesser and Marshal Foch and With Crew Has Luncheon With Bleriot. AMERICAN DINNER AT NIGHT There French Leaders Join in the Tributes -- Chamberlin and Levine Share in Honors.

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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

Catchphrases of 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

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

36,130 days ago

(98 years, 360 days)