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On the date
Tuesday, March 10, 1903
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The Headlines
BIG HOTEL FOR PHILADELPHIA.; John Stafford to Erect a Fifteen-Story Building at Walnut and Sixteenth Streets.
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 III of Russia (1845)
- Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452)
- Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor (1503)
- Friedrich Schlegel (1772)
- Marcello Malpighi (1628)
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
45,013 days ago
(123 years, 118 days)