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Thursday, March 1, 1928
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The Headlines
DIAZ, ITALIAN CHIEF IN WAR, DIES AT 67; Marshal Who Turned the Tide Against Austrians in 1917 Is Victim of Pneumonia. WOUNDED MEN GUARD BODY General Was Minister of War in Mussolini Cabinet and Delegate at Washington Arms Parley.
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
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Yitzhak Rabin (1922)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Harry Belafonte (1927)
- David Niven (1910)
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
35,890 days ago
(98 years, 120 days)