From the day
On the date
Wednesday, May 21, 1902
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT GREETS FREE CUBA; Before Presbyterians He Commends This Nation's Work. MISSION SPIRIT'S TRIUMPH With Rebuke for the Softly Living, Non-Combatant Critic, He Praises Army and Navy, and Asserts that Living Truth Is Expanding.
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
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
- Charles Albert Gobat (1843)
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
45,306 days ago
(124 years, 46 days)