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Saturday, April 5, 1902
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The Headlines
CANADIAN COPYRIGHT LAW.; Board of Trade of the Dominion Reported Pressing for Changes.
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Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
On This Day
A stand box collapses at Ibrox Park (now Ibrox Stadium) in Glasgow, Scotland, which led to the deaths of 25 and injuries to more than 500 supporters during an international association football match between Scotland and England.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Thomas Hobbes (1588)
- Pope Urban VIII (1568)
- Spencer Tracy (1900)
- Joseph Lister (1827)
- Booker T. Washington (1856)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Air Conditioner, Hearing Aids & Lie Detector (Polygraph).
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
45,352 days ago
(124 years, 92 days)