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On the date
Friday, August 9, 1907
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The Headlines
ORDERED FLAG HAULED DOWN.; Officious Chief of Police Quickly Discovers His Error.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
School Days
Will Cobb & Gus Edwards
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The first Boy Scout encampment concludes at Brownsea Island in southern England.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
- Thomas Telford (1757)
- Maria Vittoria dal Pozzo (1847)
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
43,400 days ago
(118 years, 330 days)