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On the date
Thursday, August 6, 1903
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The Headlines
NEGRO ATTEMPTS HOLD-UP.; Tried to Spring Into Carriage With Young Woman Near Titus Mills, N.J.
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
- Alexander Fleming (1881)
- Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809)
- Paul Claudel (1868)
- Johann Bernoulli (1667)
- François Fénelon (1651)
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
44,864 days ago
(122 years, 334 days)