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100 Years Ago Today
Money, gold, patents and business news from exactly a century ago, with every price converted into today's dollars.
100 Years Ago Today · Nov 1, 1926
Houdini Is Dead — and a $25,000 Question in the Fine Print Begins
The world's greatest escape artist died on Halloween 1926. Within weeks, the biggest mystery was not how he died, but whether his insurance would pay double.
Money · Gold · 1926
In 1926, Gold Cost $20.67 an Ounce — by Law
A hundred years ago the price of gold was not set by a market. It was written into U.S. law. Here is what that meant, and what an ounce costs now.
Work · Business · 1926
Ford Makes It Official: Five Days, Forty Hours
In the fall of 1926 the Ford Motor Company told its workers that a week's work would be five eight-hour days. The weekend as we know it was taking shape.
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