From the day
On the date
Sunday, February 23, 1908
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The Headlines
Princeton Loses to Yale Five.; Brooklyn Players Sign Contracts.
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
- George Frideric Handel (1685)
- Karl Jaspers (1883)
- Kazimir Malevich (1878)
- Pope Paul II (1417)
- Erich Kästner (1899)
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
43,202 days ago
(118 years, 132 days)