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On the date
Thursday, May 28, 1903
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The Headlines
SEVEN KILLED IN WRECK.; Two Freight Trains Collide in Northern Alabama with Fatal Results.
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
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Thomas Moore (1779)
- Louis Agassiz (1807)
- Jim Thorpe (1888)
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
44,935 days ago
(123 years, 40 days)