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On the date
Tuesday, June 23, 1903
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The Headlines
ACCUSED OF YOUNG KIDNAPPING; John Mason Believed to Have Moved to Greenwich to Assist in Procuring Child for Father.
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
- Anna Akhmatova (1889)
- Edward VIII (1894)
- Oda Nobunaga (1534)
- Giambattista Vico (1668)
- Joséphine de Beauharnais (1763)
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
44,908 days ago
(123 years, 13 days)