From the day
On the date
Sunday, July 12, 1903
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The Headlines
RAIN BRINGS RELIEF FROM HOT WAVE; Deaths and Prostrations From Heat Still Numerous. Four of the River Public Baths Still Not Ready, and Thousands Were Disappointed.
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
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Claude Bernard (1813)
- George Eastman (1854)
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
44,890 days ago
(122 years, 360 days)