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Saturday, September 14, 1901
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The Headlines
HUNT OVER MOUNTAINS FOR MR. ROOSEVELT; The Vice President Is Found on Mount Marcy.
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
U.S. president William McKinley dies after being mortally wounded on September 6 by anarchist Leon Czolgosz and is succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander von Humboldt (1769)
- Francisco de Quevedo (1580)
- al-Ma'mun (768)
- Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486)
- Margaret Sanger (1879)
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
45,556 days ago
(124 years, 296 days)