From the day
On the date
Sunday, May 10, 1903
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The Headlines
CONGRESS TO MEET NOV. 9; Cannon Says That Is the Date Decided Upon -- Roosevelt, and Maybe Beveridge, for 1904.
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
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760)
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
44,952 days ago
(123 years, 57 days)