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Saturday, July 23, 1927
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The Headlines
WOLF KILLS BOY AFTER FLEEING ZOO; Drags Lad From House, Tossing Him About, After Maid Once Rescued Him. WOMAN STUNS IT WITH GUN Father, Owner of Menagerie in Jersey, Shoots It -- Thought Animal Tame. WOLF KILLS BOY, 2, AFTER FLEEING ZOO
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
On This Day
The first station of the Indian Broadcasting Company goes on the air in Bombay.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
- Vladimir Prelog (1906)
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
36,112 days ago
(98 years, 342 days)