From the day
On the date
Sunday, November 5, 1905
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
Microbes, Our Enemies and Friends; Dr. Elie Metchnikoff, Head of the Pasteur Institute, Tells What His Favorite Science Has Done for Mankind. Famous Scientist Tells the Story of the Science of Microbes and Its Development --- A Peep Into Microcosmos -What the World Owes Davaine, Pasteur and Koch. MICROBES, OUR ENEMIES AND FRIENDS
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
In My Merry Oldsmobile
Gus Edwards
The must-have
Land's Lord (Precursor to Monopoly)
You Share a Birthday With
- Joel McCrea (1905)
- Louis Rosier (1905)
- Walter Gieseking (1895)
- Natalie Schafer (1900)
- Charles MacArthur (1895)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Jukebox, Silencers & Novocain.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
44,042 days ago
(120 years, 242 days)