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Monday, December 25, 1905
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The Headlines
JAMES E. MARTIN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH; Death Witnessed by His Wife, Son, and Daughter-in-Law. SEVERAL OTHERS INJURED One Car Overturned While Two Autos Were Speeding Between Bayside and Flushing. JAMES E. MARTIN KILLED IN AUTOMOBILE CRASH
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You Share a Birthday With
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Pope Pius VI (1717)
- Adolf Windaus (1876)
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
43,992 days ago
(120 years, 192 days)