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Sunday, January 14, 1906
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The Headlines
BALFOUR IS DEFEATED; LIBERALS GAIN 18 SEATS; Elections So Far Are a Landslide for the Government. WINSTON CHURCHILL WINS Captures a Constituency for His Party -- Safe New Seat Will Be Found for the ex-Premier.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
You're a Grand Old Flag
George M. Cohan
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- 1949 (1849)
- Albert Schweitzer (1875)
- Mehmed VI (1861)
- Berthe Morisot (1841)
- Martin Niemöller (1892)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
AM Radio Broadcasting, Victrola Phonograph & Sonar Concepts.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,972 days ago
(120 years, 172 days)