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Tuesday, January 28, 1908
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The Headlines
3 YOUNG SKATERS DROWN.; Two Others with Them Were Rescued Only After a Hard Struggle.
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Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Members of the Portuguese Republican Party fail in their attempted coup d'état against the administrative dictatorship of Prime Minister João Franco.
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You Share a Birthday With
- José Martí (1853)
- Colette (1873)
- Henry VII of England (1457)
- Pope Clement IX (1600)
- Arthur Rubinstein (1887)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Ford Model T (Assembly Line), Geiger Counter & Cellophane.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
43,228 days ago
(118 years, 158 days)