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Wednesday, October 26, 1927
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The Headlines
WILBUR RELIEVES MAGRUDER OF POST AT PHILADELPHIA; Secretary Orders Admiral to Report to Him -- Navy Controversy Comes to a Head. TALK OF A COURT-MARTIAL Department Officials, However, Maintain Silence -- Documents to Be Issued Today. MAGRUDER DEEPLY MOVED He Calls Telegram a Deliberate "Insult" and Mingles Defiance With Regretful Farewell.
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
- François Mitterrand (1916)
- Mohammad Reza Pahlavi (1919)
- Georges Danton (1759)
- Napoleon Hill (1883)
- Domenico Scarlatti (1685)
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
36,018 days ago
(98 years, 248 days)