From the day
On the date
Monday, December 26, 1927
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
GRAYSON PLANE RADIOED 'SOMETHING WRONG' FRIDAY NIGHT; THEN THE SIGNALING CEASED, SILENT FOR 54 HOURS SINCE; PROBABLY LOST OFF THE NOVA SCOTIA COAST IN A STORM; SABLE ISLAND GOT MESSAGE
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
- Mao Zedong (1893)
- Charles Babbage (1791)
- Henry Miller (1891)
- Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor (1194)
- Yun Ch'iho (1864)
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
35,956 days ago
(98 years, 186 days)