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Monday, November 19, 1906
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The Headlines
BOMB EXPLODED IN ST. PETER'S; Panic at Crowded Mass, but Nobody Hurt. POPE GREATLY SHOCKED Crime an Anarchist Challenge to Christendom. BASILICA NOT DAMAGED Fear That an Attempt Will Be Made to Kill the Kings of Italy and Greece.
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
- James A. Garfield (1831)
- Mikhail Lomonosov (1711)
- Charles I of England (1600)
- José Raúl Capablanca (1888)
- Mikhail Kalinin (1875)
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
43,663 days ago
(119 years, 228 days)