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Friday, February 10, 1928
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The Headlines
LINDBERGH DEVOTES TIME TO HIS PLANE AMID CUBAN HONORS; Spirit of St. Louis Is in Good Shape for St. Louis Hop Monday, He Says. WEST INDIES TOUR PRAISED Secretary of War, at Luncheon by Havana Officers, Calls It an Historical Flight. WOMEN WANT TO KISS HIM They Predominate in 3,000 at the American Embassy Reception-- Aviator Avoids Shaking Hands.
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
- Bertolt Brecht (1898)
- Boris Pasternak (1890)
- Harold Macmillan (1894)
- Walter Brattain (1902)
- Alexandre Millerand (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
35,911 days ago
(98 years, 141 days)