From the day
On the date
Friday, October 25, 1907
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The Headlines
WOOL MERCHANT ATTACHED.; Herman Granich of Philadelphia, Said to Owe $170,000, Is Missing.
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
- Pablo Picasso (1881)
- Georges Bizet (1838)
- Évariste Galois (1811)
- Johann Strauss II (1825)
- Max Stirner (1806)
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
Meanwhile
- Panic of 1907 — Bank runs led to the creation of the Federal Reserve.
Time Elapsed
43,323 days ago
(118 years, 253 days)