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Thursday, January 12, 1928
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The Headlines
COUNTRYMEN CHEER LINDBERGH AS GUEST IN THE CANAL ZONE; Army and Navy Officers and Employes and Their Families Bestow Their Plaudits. HE SEES CHILD SWIMMERS In Speech He Predicts Air Line Between United States and Panama Soon. WILL HOP TO COLON TODAY There Spirit of St. Louis Will Be Tuned Anew for Flight to Venezuela. Greeted by Americans. Cheers Hospital Patients. COUNTRYMEN CHEER LINDBERGH AS GUEST Presented to Chiari's Grandson. Watches Youngsters Dive. Lindbergh Denies He Is Dead. Speaks on Favorite Topic. Gets Boy Scout Medal. Accepts Venezuela Invitation.
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
- Jack London (1876)
- Swami Vivekananda (1863)
- Edmund Burke (1729)
- Hermann Göring (1893)
- Charles Perrault (1628)
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
35,939 days ago
(98 years, 169 days)