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On the date
Monday, December 8, 1902
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The Headlines
MASCAGNI HAD FEARS; Policemen Sent to Meet Him at the Grand Central Station. All on Account of a Telegram to the Mayor -- Singers and Musicians Marched Under Escort.
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
- Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832)
- Mary, Queen of Scots (1542)
- Jean Sibelius (1865)
- Diego Rivera (1886)
- Georges Méliès (1861)
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
45,106 days ago
(123 years, 211 days)