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Friday, September 21, 1928
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The Headlines
ZEPPELIN CARRIES 82 ON LONG FLIGHT; Airship Attains Nearly 80 Miles an Hour on 620-Mile Cruise With Passengers. HAM AND EGGS ARE SERVED Children Run From Schools and People Climb to Church Tops to See Giant Dirigible. Passengers Settle Themselves. ZEPPELIN CARRIES 82 ON LONG FLIGHT Lunch Is Served Aloft. Ship Rolls a Little in Breeze. Circles Over Zeppelin's Grave.
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You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452)
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
35,687 days ago
(97 years, 282 days)