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On the date
Wednesday, December 21, 1927
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The Headlines
HOPE FADES OF SAVINGS S-4 CREW AS SEA BALKS DIVERS; LAST FAINT CONFUSED TAPPINGS RECORDED AT 6 P.M.; STORM WARNING DASHES PROSPECTS OF ANY AID TODAY; EARLIER MESSAGE CLEAR
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
- Benjamin Disraeli (1804)
- Heinrich Böll (1917)
- Kurt Waldheim (1918)
- Masaccio (1401)
- Leopold von Ranke (1795)
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
35,962 days ago
(98 years, 192 days)