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On the date
Monday, December 5, 1927
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The Headlines
MRS. LILLIENDAHL TO TESTIFY TODAY; Widow Confidently Awaits the Chance to Tell Her Story of Murder to Jury. STATE PRESSES INQUIRY Witness Who Failed to Identify Beach Is Questioned and May Be Recalled. MRS. LILLIENDAHL TO TESTIFY TODAY
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
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Bhumibol Adulyadej (1927)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
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
35,977 days ago
(98 years, 207 days)