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On the date
Saturday, May 17, 1902
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The Headlines
SPOIL SENATOR QUAY'S PLANS.
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
On This Day
Greek archaeologist Valerios Stais discovers the Antikythera mechanism, an ancient mechanical analog computer.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Edward Jenner (1749)
- Henri Barbusse (1873)
- Erik Satie (1866)
- Alfonso XIII (1886)
- Odd Hassel (1897)
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
45,310 days ago
(124 years, 50 days)