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Monday, April 23, 1928
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The Headlines
Fitzmaurice Says Other Sea Fliers May Have 'Cracked Up' in Labrador; Bremen's Co-Pilot Thinks Some May Even Now Be Struggling Out to Civilization--Tells His Plans for Escaping if Plane. Had Landed in Wilderness.
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 Shakespeare (1564)
- Max Planck (1858)
- James Buchanan (1791)
- Halldór Laxness (1902)
- Shirley Temple (1928)
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
35,837 days ago
(98 years, 67 days)