From the day
On the date
Wednesday, December 25, 1907
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The Headlines
$120,000 STAKE ON NEW ROAD.; 26 1/2 Miles of Track Must Be Laid Before Jan. 1.
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
- Isaac Newton (1642)
- Humphrey Bogart (1899)
- Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876)
- Pope Pius VI (1717)
- Ernst Ruska (1906)
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
43,262 days ago
(118 years, 192 days)