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Tuesday, June 2, 1903
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The Headlines
85 ARE KILLED BY GEORGIA TORNADO; City of Gainesville Wrecked Within Two Minutes. FIRE AMONG THE RUINS Cotton Mill Operatives Buried Under Machines -- Majority of Victims Women and Children -- 200 Houses Demolished.
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
- Pope Pius X (1835)
- Thomas Hardy (1840)
- Marquis de Sade (1740)
- Karl Adolph Gjellerup (1857)
- Pope Leo XI (1535)
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
44,929 days ago
(123 years, 34 days)