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On the date
Friday, October 16, 1903
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The Headlines
KILLED FORMER FIANCEE.; Paul Schmidt of Los Angeles Shot Miss Josephine Meade and Himself in San Francisco.
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
- Oscar Wilde (1854)
- David Ben-Gurion (1886)
- Eugene O'Neill (1888)
- Itō Hirobumi (1841)
- Michael Collins (Irish leader) (1890)
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
44,793 days ago
(122 years, 263 days)