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On the date
Thursday, July 23, 1903
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The Headlines
MAY HAVE ELECTRIC LINE
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
On This Day
The Ford Motor Company sells its first car.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Haile Selassie (1892)
- Raymond Chandler (1888)
- Pope Clement XI (1649)
- Gustav Heinemann (1899)
- Emil Jannings (1884)
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
44,878 days ago
(122 years, 348 days)