Wednesday, November 14, 2012

93? yes Grandma Grace is 93!

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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