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Saturday, May 26, 1928
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The Headlines
ITALIA RADIO STOPS AMID ARCTIC GALE; SOME FEAR ROUSED; Kings Bay Wonders if Nobile's Big Dirigible Has Been Forced Down on Ice. NO REPORT FOR 12 HOURS She Was Then 175 Miles From Her Base--Ice Had Formed on Her. EXPERT HAS CONFIDENCE But Mother Ship of Expedition May Go Out Today in Search of the Italia.
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
- John Wayne (1907)
- Miles Davis (1926)
- Pope Clement VII (1478)
- Mehmed III (1566)
- János Kádár (1912)
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
35,805 days ago
(98 years, 35 days)