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On the date
Thursday, June 21, 1906
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The Headlines
WOMEN WOULD LYNCH WOMAN; Brewer's Wife, Who Killed a Servant, Goes to Jail.
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
- Jean-Paul Sartre (1905)
- Pope Leo IX (1002)
- Machado de Assis (1839)
- Siméon Denis Poisson (1781)
- Daniel D. Tompkins (1774)
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
43,814 days ago
(120 years, 14 days)