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Friday, May 10, 1907
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The Headlines
ONE KILLED, SIXTY HURT.; Passenger Train on the Burlington Road Leaves Track In Chicago.
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
- Fred Astaire (1899)
- Gustav Stresemann (1878)
- Karl Barth (1886)
- Augustin-Jean Fresnel (1788)
- Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle (1760)
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
43,491 days ago
(119 years, 56 days)