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On the date
Sunday, August 2, 1903
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The Headlines
DROWNED TRYING TO SAVE.
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Ida, Sweet as Apple Cider
Eddie Leonard
The must-have
Crayola Crayons
On This Day
The Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising against the Ottoman Empire begins.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
- John Tyndall (1820)
- Rómulo Gallegos (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
44,868 days ago
(122 years, 338 days)