Happy birthday to Great Grandma Grace. Here are some things that happened in 1919 or on her birthday:
Inventions: pop-up toaster, silica gel and flip-flop circuit
Aviators John Alcock and Arthur Witten Brown completed the first non-stop transatlantic flight
Grand Canyon was established as a National Park
Prohibition went into effect in the United States
$1 in 1919 = $12.65 today
Average house cost = $7,385
Average car cost = $525
Average wage = $920
Veronica Lake and Johnny Desmond were born on November 14, 1919
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