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On the date
Sunday, April 14, 1901
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The Headlines
ACCUSES STATE OFFICERS.; Bidder for Printing Charges that He Had to Sublet Contract in Blank Before Receiving Award.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- B. R. Ambedkar (1891)
- Averroes (1126)
- Christiaan Huygens (1629)
- Arnold J. Toynbee (1889)
- Philip III of Spain (1578)
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
45,708 days ago
(125 years, 83 days)