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On the date
Sunday, May 3, 1903
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The Headlines
HAD PRESENTIMENT OF DEATH.; Wife of Locomotive Fireman Begged Him Not to Go on His Run --He Went and Was Killed.
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
- Niccolò Machiavelli (1469)
- Golda Meir (1898)
- Bing Crosby (1903)
- George Paget Thomson (1892)
- Alfred Kastler (1902)
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
44,959 days ago
(123 years, 64 days)