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Thursday, November 5, 1903
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The Headlines
SIX MEN KILLED IN ARSENAL EXPLOSION; Guard on Iona Island Fights Fire in Rain of Projectiles. BURSTING SHELLS HURT TEN Men Were at Work on Defective Ammunition When Disaster Occurred -- Flames Raged for Two Hours. SIX MEN KILLED IN ARSENAL EXPLOSION
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
- Walter Gieseking (1895)
- Natalie Schafer (1900)
- Charles MacArthur (1895)
- Ethelwynn Trewavas (1900)
- Etta Moten Barnett (1901)
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
44,774 days ago
(122 years, 244 days)