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Thursday, March 15, 1906
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The Headlines
THE BRITISH KING SUNK BY HER UNSHIPPED CARGO; Great Wave Lifted Her Deckload and Launched It at Her Side. 27 MEN PERISHED WITH HER Capt. O'Hagan, Fatally Hurt, Fought Gallantly to Save Her, and Died After Rescue.
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
- Andrew Jackson (1767)
- Paul Heyse (1830)
- Emil von Behring (1854)
- Reza Shah (1878)
- Élisée Reclus (1830)
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
43,912 days ago
(120 years, 112 days)