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Wednesday, December 11, 1901
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The Headlines
THIEVES BROUGHT TO NEW YORK; Men Who Robbed Mountainville Post Office Here in Custody.
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Blaze Away
Abe Holzmann
The must-have
Lionel Trains
On This Day
Guglielmo Marconi transmits the first transatlantic radio signal from Poldhu, Cornwall, England to St. John's, Newfoundland.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Hector Berlioz (1803)
- Robert Koch (1843)
- Max Born (1882)
- Alfred de Musset (1810)
- Pope Leo X (1475)
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
45,467 days ago
(124 years, 207 days)