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On the date
Wednesday, May 28, 1902
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The Headlines
FLOOD IN ST. VINCENT.; Houses Washed Away and Two Lives Lost -- Volcano's Appearance Caused Fear of Another Eruption.
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
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Thomas Moore (1779)
- Louis Agassiz (1807)
- Jim Thorpe (1888)
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
45,299 days ago
(124 years, 39 days)