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On the date
Friday, July 6, 1928
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The Headlines
NEW JERSEY SHERIFF VAGUE ABOUT HIS JOB; Coppinger Admits Doing Little Except Sign Checks and Is Unable to Name Aides. GRAND JURORS UNDER FIRE Two Fraud Investigators Tell of Switching Parties in Primary Votes.
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
- Frida Kahlo (1907)
- Nancy Reagan (1921)
- Nicholas I of Russia (1796)
- Marc Chagall (1887)
- Wojciech Jaruzelski (1923)
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
35,764 days ago
(97 years, 359 days)