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Tuesday, June 12, 1906
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The Headlines
WESTERNLAND WAS AGROUND.; Liner with 880 Passengers Struck Near Cape May -- Floated at High Tide.
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
- Anthony Eden (1897)
- Egon Schiele (1890)
- Johanna Spyri (1827)
- Fritz Albert Lipmann (1899)
- Harriet Martineau (1802)
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
43,823 days ago
(120 years, 23 days)