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Tuesday, June 5, 1906
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The Headlines
LILA IN TERRIFIC GALE; REACHES HAMPTON ROADS; Lipton Cup Yawl Meets Second Mishap in Bermuda Race. CREW RETURNS TO NEW YORK Blown Back from Below Hatteras and Swept by Fearful Seas, She Finally Makes Harbor.
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
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862)
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
43,830 days ago
(120 years, 30 days)