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On the date
Wednesday, April 24, 1901
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The Headlines
$50,000,000 Plow Combine.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Spitteler (1845)
- Philippe Pétain (1856)
- William the Silent (1533)
- Vincent de Paul (1581)
- Erich Raeder (1876)
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
45,698 days ago
(125 years, 73 days)