Saturday, July 16, 1927

From the day

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The Headlines

Smith Beats Maitland's Time to Hawaii 14 Minutes; First Civilian Flier to Make the 2,400-Mile Hop

Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

On This Day

• Augusto César Sandino leads a raid on U.S. Marines and Nicaraguan Guardia Nacional that had been sent to apprehend him in the village of Ocotal, but is repulsed by one of the first dive-bombing attacks in history.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Roald Amundsen (1872)
• Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
• Ginger Rogers (1911)
• Trygve Lie (1896)
• Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796)

Slang

Tech Check

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

Cost of Living (1920)