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On the date
Tuesday, April 9, 1907
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The Headlines
FOLK SAVES MRS. MYERS.; Commutes Her Sentence and That of Hottman -- Killed Husband.
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
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
- Léon Blum (1872)
- Erich Ludendorff (1865)
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
43,522 days ago
(119 years, 87 days)