From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 2, 1903
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The Headlines
Front Page 3 -- No Title; PANIC ON BURNING THIRD AVENUE CAR. It Did Not Stop for Several Blocks, and Frightened Passengers Leaped and Were Injured.
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
- Pedro II of Brazil (1825)
- Georges Seurat (1859)
- Otto Dix (1891)
- Ivan Bagramyan (1897)
- George Minot (1885)
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
44,746 days ago
(122 years, 216 days)