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Friday, June 15, 1928
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The Headlines
QUICK VICTORY FOR HOOVER; His Nomination Follows a Night of Long and Fervid Oratory. LOWDEN WITHDRAWS NAME Acts at Last Minute as Protest Over Farm Declaration He Regards as Inadequate. BUT HE LEADS THE RIVALS Coolidge Gets 17 Votes, Hughes 1, Dawes 4, Watson 45 and Norris 24.
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
- Yuri Andropov (1914)
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Erik Erikson (1902)
- Herbert A. Simon (1916)
- Edward the Black Prince (1330)
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
35,785 days ago
(98 years, 15 days)