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On the date
Tuesday, December 17, 1907
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The Headlines
HURT IN CUBAN RIOT.; Havana Masons Attack Men Who Took Their Places.
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
Ugyen Wangchuck is crowned first King of Bhutan.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Humphry Davy (1778)
- Joseph Henry (1797)
- Émilie du Châtelet (1706)
- Simo Häyhä (1905)
- Maria I of Portugal (1734)
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
43,271 days ago
(118 years, 201 days)