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Wednesday, September 21, 1927
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The Headlines
Mayor Walker Stirs the Legion to Enthusiasm By Impromptu Speech When Called From Box
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
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452)
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
36,052 days ago
(98 years, 282 days)