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Thursday, December 15, 1927

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The Headlines

HAILED AS AMBASSADOR OF GOOD-WILL; Multitude in City and on Flying Field Tense With Anxiety Until Silver Plane Soars Into View. THEN THE 'VIVAS' ROAR AND CROWD GOES WILD Admirers Carry Lindbergh on Shoulders to Ambassador Morrow's Car -- Plaudits Ring in City Jammed From Streets to Roofs. THE ROUTE OF LINDBERGH TO MEXICO CITY.

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Best-selling Sheet Music

My Blue Heaven

Walter Donaldson

The must-have

Radio Flyer Wagon

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush

Flapper

bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy

Gangster

big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy

Catchphrases of 1927

  • You ain't heard nothin' yet!

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

35,968 days ago

(98 years, 198 days)