From the day
On the date
Monday, January 16, 1928
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
COOLIDGE IS WARMLY WELCOMED TO CUBA; GOES TO PALACE AMID SHOWER OF ROSES; TALKS TO PAN-AMERICAN MEETING TODAY; MULTITUDE ACCLAIMS HIM Tens of Thousands Line Shores and Mass in the Streets of Havana. PRESIDENT DEEPLY MOVED Standing on Balcony With Machado, He Waves One of the Welcoming Blooms. STATE DINNER TO BE GIVEN This Will End Full Day That Begins With Opening of Parley of Twenty-one Nations.
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
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
- John C. Breckinridge (1821)
- Ethel Merman (1908)
- Franz Brentano (1838)
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
35,936 days ago
(98 years, 166 days)