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On the date
Wednesday, January 11, 1928
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The Headlines
BUILD SHIP TO MAKE 60-HOUR CROSSINGS; French Experimenters Plan Test Voyage to New York in Craft in April. TO COMPETE WITH PLANES Promoters Say Vessel, on Principle of Catamaran-Glider, WillBe Unaffected by Storms.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
You Share a Birthday With
- William James (1842)
- Alexander Hamilton (1755)
- Theodosius I (347)
- Albert Hofmann (1906)
- George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (1859)
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
35,940 days ago
(98 years, 170 days)