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Monday, December 17, 1906
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The Headlines
PENNSYLVANIA FLIER WRECKED IN CANTON; Eighteen-Hour Train Plows Through Freight Engine. ONE ENGINEER IS KILLED Cars of the Chicago-New York Train Are Derailed, but Passengers Are Not Injured.
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
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Simo Häyhä (1905)
- Maria I of Portugal (1734)
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
43,635 days ago
(119 years, 200 days)