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Saturday, April 7, 1906
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The Headlines
RUSSIAN REPUBLIC NEAR, DECLARES LEADER HERE; Narodny Already Has Headed One in Baltic Provinces. NOW HIDING IN NEW YORK The Next Uprising a Revolution, He Says, with Army as Allies -- Will Meet Gorky. RUSSIAN REPUBLIC NEAR, DECLARES LEADER HERE
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)
On This Day
Mount Vesuvius erupts and devastates Naples.
Wikipedia →The Algeciras Conference gives France and Spain control over Morocco.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- William Wordsworth (1770)
- Gabriela Mistral (1889)
- Francis Xavier (1506)
- Pope Clement XII (1652)
- Charles Fourier (1772)
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
43,890 days ago
(120 years, 90 days)