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Tuesday, September 20, 1927
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The Headlines
THRONGS HAIL MARCHERS; Procession of American Veterans Revelation to Citizens. UNITES REVERENCE AND JOY Each Legionaire, Under Arc de Triomphe, Drops Flower on Unknown's Tomb. 14,000 IN COLORFUL LINES Behind Foch and Pershing Tramp State Delegates, Women and French Units.
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
- Upton Sinclair (1878)
- Chulalongkorn (1853)
- Ernesto Teodoro Moneta (1833)
- Ananda Mahidol (1925)
- Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen (1778)
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
36,053 days ago
(98 years, 283 days)