From the day
On the date
Sunday, March 1, 1908
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The Headlines
RACING AUTO KILLS MAN.; Track Inspector Hurled to Death and Motorists Make Their Escape.
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
- Frédéric Chopin (1810)
- Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892)
- Glenn Miller (1904)
- Oskar Kokoschka (1886)
- Vladislaus II of Hungary (1456)
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
43,195 days ago
(118 years, 125 days)