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Monday, July 23, 1928
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The Headlines
Front Page 8 -- No Title; FLIERS WHO CIRCLED GLOBE IN RECORD TIME.
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
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Vera Rubin (1928)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
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
35,746 days ago
(97 years, 341 days)