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On the date
Wednesday, August 3, 1927
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The Headlines
COOLIDGE'S ACTION PLEASES CORN BELT; Iowa Leaders in Farm Legislation Agitation Think It Will Aid Their Cause. BOOM IN LOWDEN'S STOCK His Supporters Think Greatest Obstacle to His Candidacy Has Been Removed.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
My Blue Heaven
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Radio Flyer Wagon
You Share a Birthday With
- Habib Bourguiba (1903)
- Stanley Baldwin (1867)
- Haakon VII (1872)
- Tony Bennett (1926)
- Frederick William III of Prussia (1770)
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
36,102 days ago
(98 years, 332 days)