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Friday, April 3, 1908
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The Headlines
DESTROYER SUNK; 23 DROWN.; British Cruiser Berwick Rams the Tiger in Manoeuvres.
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
- Washington Irving (1783)
- Alcide De Gasperi (1881)
- George Herbert (1593)
- Otto Weininger (1880)
- Leslie Howard (1893)
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
43,162 days ago
(118 years, 92 days)