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Tuesday, June 19, 1928
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The Headlines
NOBILE VAINLY HAILS FLIERS CIRCLING OVER BUT NOT SEEING HIM; General Radios Base Ship That Rescue Planes Were Over Stranded Men an Hour. SECOND FLIGHT ALSO FAILS This Time Italia Castaways Sight One of Planes Piloted by Riiser-Larsen and Holm. SAVOIA REACHES KINGS BAY Big Italian Seaplane Ready for Dash North--French and Swedish Craft on Way.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Makin' Whoopee
Walter Donaldson
The must-have
Mickey Mouse Doll
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
35,780 days ago
(98 years, 10 days)