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On the date
Wednesday, December 3, 1902
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The Headlines
THOMAS B. REED ILL.; Ex-Speaker Prostrated by Sudden Attack of Gastritis in Washington -- Condition Not Serious.
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
- Joseph Conrad (1857)
- France Prešeren (1800)
- Rajendra Prasad (1884)
- Charles VI of France (1368)
- Manne Siegbahn (1886)
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
45,110 days ago
(123 years, 215 days)