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On the date
Wednesday, March 11, 1903
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The Headlines
DEBT OF GRATITUDE PAID.; Widow Bequeathed $143,000 by Man Whose Life Her Husband Had Saved.
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
- Torquato Tasso (1544)
- Urbain Le Verrier (1811)
- Frederik IX (1899)
- Vannevar Bush (1890)
- Marius Petipa (1818)
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
45,012 days ago
(123 years, 117 days)