From the day
On the date
Friday, December 5, 1902
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The Headlines
To Take Company's Coke Output.
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
- Walt Disney (1901)
- Martin Van Buren (1782)
- Werner Heisenberg (1901)
- Józef Piłsudski (1867)
- Pope Julius II (1443)
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
45,108 days ago
(123 years, 213 days)