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Monday, September 17, 1906
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The Headlines
THE MONGOLIA ASHORE ON TINY PACIFIC ISLE; Sister Ship of Manchuria Strikes on the Midway Group. VESSEL IN BAD POSITION Passengers Are Landed on Thinly Settled Atoll Owned by This Country -- Weather and Sea Favorable.
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
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
- Billy the Kid (1859)
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
43,726 days ago
(119 years, 291 days)