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Tuesday, March 3, 1903
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The Headlines
SIX KILLED; A SCORE HURT IN EXPLOSION.; Disaster Wrecks Edison Cement Plant in New Jersey -- Bodies of Workmen in the Burning Ruins at New Village Near Stewartsville.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
You Share a Birthday With
- Alexander Graham Bell (1847)
- Georg Cantor (1845)
- William Godwin (1756)
- Ragnar Frisch (1895)
- Jamsetji Tata (1839)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Wright Flyer (Airplane), Windshield Wipers & Crayons.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
45,021 days ago
(123 years, 126 days)