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Wednesday, May 27, 1903
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The Headlines
SIX PERSONS KILLED IN IOWA TORNADOES; Three Fatally Hurt and Many More Injured. Home for Feebleminded Children Wrecked and Inmates Lose Life -- Storms in Nebraska and Kansas.
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
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
- John Cockcroft (1897)
- Dashiell Hammett (1894)
- Max Brod (1884)
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
44,936 days ago
(123 years, 41 days)