From the day
On the date
Wednesday, September 26, 1928
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
SMITH STARS EASRT; ACCLAMED AT BUTTLE BY CROWD OF 25,000; With Assurances of Montana's Vote, He Speeds to St. Paul to Speak Tommorrow TO PRESS FARM SUBJECT Western Democrats Declare the Governor's Appeal to Progressives Has Been Effective.WHEELER TRAVELS WITH HIM He Says Restraint in Candidate's Helena Speech on Corruption Will Attract Country. Three Appeals to Progresstves. SMITH STARTS EAST; ACCLAIMED AT BUTTE Montana Success Predicted. Republican Chiefs Confer. Speech on Prohibition Indicated.
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
- T. S. Eliot (1888)
- Martin Heidegger (1889)
- Pope Paul VI (1897)
- Ivan Pavlov (1849)
- George Gershwin (1898)
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
35,682 days ago
(97 years, 277 days)