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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.
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
36,130 days ago
(98 years, 360 days)