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Monday, January 9, 1928
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The Headlines
LINDBERGH AMUSED BY BULLFIGHTING, COSTA RICAN STYLE; Reluctant to Leave Affair in Which Blunt-Horned Animal Chases Unarmed Men. GUEST AT MANY FUNCTIONS Is Honored by Americans, Labor, Rotarians and at a Presidential Dinner. OFF FOR PANAMA TODAY Countrymen Tell Him of Pride Taken in His Flight by Those Abroad. Bull Tosses "Toreador." Draw Laughs From Lindbergh. Watches Game of Soccer. LINDBERGH AMUSED BY BULLFIGHTING Luncheon With Rotarians. Attends Dance and State Dinner. SIRENDS TO HERALD LINDBERGH Army and Navy Planes Will Escort Him to Panama.
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Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Pope Gregory XV (1554)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
applesaucebaloneycheaterscrush
Flapper
bee's kneescat's pajamasgiggle watershebahotsy-totsy
Gangster
big cheesebump offstool pigeongatfall guy
Tech Check
Electric Razor, Penicillin & Bubble Gum.
Cost of Living (1920)
Loaf of Bread
$0.11
Gallon of Gas
$0.30
Average Home
$6,296
New Car
$575
Time Elapsed
35,942 days ago
(98 years, 172 days)