From the day
On the date
Saturday, July 18, 1903
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The Headlines
BELMONT CHAUFFEUR ARRESTED IN HEMPSTEAD.; Banker Had Just Left Automobile When Hempstead Constables Acted on Speed Charge.
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
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552)
- Vidkun Quisling (1887)
- Vasil Levski (1837)
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
44,883 days ago
(122 years, 353 days)