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Thursday, November 17, 1927
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The Headlines
COMMONS IN UPROAR AND NEAR TO BLOWS
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
- Eugene Wigner (1902)
- Louis XVIII (1755)
- Nicolas Appert (1749)
- Bernard Montgomery (1887)
- 0s (9)
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
35,995 days ago
(98 years, 225 days)