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Tuesday, June 12, 1928
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The Headlines
HOOVER VICTORY ADMITTED; Mellon and Butler Meet After Vare Comes Out For Secretary. OTHER LEADERS CONSULTED They Decide Move to Draft the President Has Failed and Accept Inevitable. CHANGE COMES SUDDENLY And Follows a Day of Doubt and Uncertainty, but With a Trend to Californian.
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
- George H. W. Bush (1924)
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
- Johanna Spyri (1827)
- David Rockefeller (1915)
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
35,787 days ago
(98 years, 17 days)