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Monday, May 25, 1903
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The Headlines
SIX PERSONS KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE RACE; Shocking Accidents in Record-Breaking Paris-Madrid Contest. Automobilists Marcel Renault and Barrows Probably Dying -- Continuance of Race on French Territory Forbidden.
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
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803)
- Pieter Zeeman (1865)
- Edward Bulwer-Lytton (1803)
- Igor Sikorsky (1889)
- Jacob Burckhardt (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
44,938 days ago
(123 years, 43 days)