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On the date
Monday, August 25, 1902
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The Headlines
FIVE PERISH IN A FIRE.; Four Children and a Servant Girl Suffocated -- Vain Effort of Firemen to Save Them.
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
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845)
- Charles Richet (1850)
- Hans Krebs (biochemist) (1900)
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
45,211 days ago
(123 years, 316 days)