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On the date
Sunday, August 31, 1902
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The Headlines
TOM L. JOHNSON'S SET-BACK.; McLean's Lieutenant Elected Chairman of Hamilton County Executive Committee.
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
- Maria Montessori (1870)
- Théophile Gautier (1811)
- Commodus (161)
- Hermann von Helmholtz (1821)
- Jahangir (1569)
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
45,204 days ago
(123 years, 309 days)