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On the date
Wednesday, November 9, 1927
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The Headlines
MARINE FLIERS SLAIN FIGHTING TO THE END; Report From Nicaragua Forest Says 40 Sandino Men Trapped Thomas and Dowdell. TRAILED BY BLOOD TO CAVE One American Dragged to the Refuge His Comrade, Wounded by Prisoner Guide. MARINE FLIERS SLAIN FIGHTING TO THE END
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
- Ivan Turgenev (1818)
- Muhammad Iqbal (1877)
- Edward VII (1841)
- Hedy Lamarr (1914)
- George II of Great Britain (1683)
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
36,004 days ago
(98 years, 234 days)