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On the date
Friday, February 21, 1908
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The Headlines
THOMAS STARTS AGAIN.; Rested Few Hours After Night of Fighting Snowdrifts.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
- Peter III of Russia (1728)
- Jeanne Calment (1875)
- Sacha Guitry (1885)
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
43,204 days ago
(118 years, 134 days)