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Tuesday, August 30, 1927
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The Headlines
LEVINE RUNS AWAY IN PLANE TO LONDON, FIRST FLIGHT ALONE; 0uits Paris Field, Crosses the Channel Easily, but Has Trouble in Landing. FEAT ASTOUNDS EXPERTS But New Yorker Calmly Explains He Wanted to Get Away From French Obstacles. STILL PLANS FLIGHT HOME Now Seeks British Pilot--Drouhin, Frenchman He Had Engaged, Threatens Suit. LEVINE RUNS AWAY IN PLANE TO LONDON
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
- Ernest Rutherford (1871)
- Mary Shelley (1797)
- Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff (1852)
- Jacques-Louis David (1748)
- Edward Mills Purcell (1912)
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
36,074 days ago
(98 years, 304 days)