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On the date
Thursday, April 17, 1902
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The Headlines
RUSSIAN SITUATION GRAVE.; Revolutionary Movement Widespread and Deep-Rooted -- Ministers Deceive the Czar.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Bill Bailey, Won't You Please Come Home
Hughie Cannon
The must-have
Teddy Bear
You Share a Birthday With
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
- Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573)
- Taksin (1734)
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
45,340 days ago
(124 years, 80 days)