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On the date
Thursday, June 21, 1928
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The Headlines
WALKER, ILL, CHOSEN SMITH FLOOR LEADER; Mayor, in Bed With Grip, Hopes to Be Able to Go to Houston Tomorrow or Saturday. OLVANY OFF TO CONVENTION Declines to Predict Outcome-- Delegates Leave by Ship, Big Rush Due This Week-End.
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
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Machado de Assis (1839)
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
- Jane Russell (1921)
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
35,778 days ago
(98 years, 8 days)