From the day
On the date
Friday, February 1, 1901
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The Headlines
NEW PENNSYLVANIA PIPE LINE.; Completed from the Oilfields to Tide- water -- Will Fight the Standard Oil.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Clark Gable (1901)
- John Ford (1894)
- Yevgeny Zamyatin (1884)
- Hugo von Hofmannsthal (1874)
- Jacob Roggeveen (1659)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Transatlantic Radio Signal, Vacuum Cleaner & Meccano.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
45,780 days ago
(125 years, 155 days)