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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.
Read in The New York Times →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
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)