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Thursday, April 30, 1903
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The Headlines
MOUNTAIN BLOWN UP AND 95 KILLED; Disaster Visits a Mining Town in Alberta Province. Various Theories On the Cause of the Explosion. Whole Top of Mountain Slides Into the Valley -- Danger of Flood from Dam Formed by the Rock.
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
- Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777)
- Jaroslav Hašek (1883)
- Joachim von Ribbentrop (1893)
- Mary II (1662)
- Simon Kuznets (1901)
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
44,963 days ago
(123 years, 68 days)