From the day
On the date
Thursday, August 7, 1902
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
TRAIN STRUCK BY A WALL OF WATER.; Two Coaches of an Eastern Excursion Swept from Tracks in Colorado -- Cloudbursts Do Inestimable Damage.
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
- Mata Hari (1876)
- Constantius II (317)
- Elizabeth Báthory (1560)
- Emil Nolde (1867)
- Carl Ritter (1779)
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
45,228 days ago
(123 years, 333 days)