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Wednesday, June 15, 1904
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The Headlines
BEST MAN KILLS HIMSELF.; Bought Dinner for Bridal Couple, Took Acid for Love of the Bride.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Meet Me in St. Louis, Louis
Kerry Mills
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
On This Day
A fire aboard the steamboat SS General Slocum in New York City's East River kills 1,000.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Edvard Grieg (1843)
- Erik Erikson (1902)
- Edward the Black Prince (1330)
- Lisa del Giocondo (1479)
- Kobayashi Issa (1763)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Offset Printing Press, Vacuum Diode Tube & Teabags.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
44,551 days ago
(122 years, 21 days)