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On the date
Friday, January 4, 1907
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The Headlines
COREY TO RETIRE?; New Report That He Is to be Succeeded by Dinkey.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Louis Braille (1809)
- Jacob Grimm (1785)
- Ali al-Sajjad (659)
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710)
- Katsura Tarō (1848)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Electric Washing Machine, Color Photography (Autochrome) & Bakelite (Plastic).
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,618 days ago
(119 years, 183 days)