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Saturday, December 1, 1928
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The Headlines
BYRD NEARS HOUR OF PUTTING TO SEA; He Sets Daylight Tomorrow for Start to Antarctic While Gale Blows Outside. SHIP'S DECK IS PILED HIGH 2,000 on the Dock Watch the Last Minute Rush To Get Supplies Aboard. Watched by Crowd of 2,000. BYRD NEARS HOUR BYRD NEARS HOUR OF PUTTING TO SEA
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
- Georgy Zhukov (1896)
- Nikolai Lobachevsky (1792)
- Hasan ibn Ali (624)
- Anna Komnene (1083)
- Louis VI of France (1081)
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
35,615 days ago
(97 years, 210 days)