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Monday, August 6, 1928
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The Headlines
OLYMPIC MARATHON WON BY ALGERIAN; JOIE RAY IS FIFTH; Outsider, Running in Colors of France, Covers 26-Mile Course in Near-Record Time. CHILEAN NEWS VENDOR 2D Finnish Star Third, Japanese Fourth and Sixth--All U.S. Runners Finish Race. AMERICA CAPTURES A TITLE Scores 173 Points to Finland's 102 as the Track and Field Events Close.
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
- Andy Warhol (1928)
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Lucille Ball (1911)
- Robert Mitchum (1917)
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
35,732 days ago
(97 years, 327 days)