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On the date
Friday, April 17, 1908
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The Headlines
WHERE IS DR. ROBERT KOCH?; Scientist Said He Was Going to Milwaukee, but Hasn't Been Seen There.
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
- J. P. Morgan (1837)
- Thornton Wilder (1897)
- Pedro de Valdivia (1497)
- Taksin (1734)
- Maximilian I, Elector of Bavaria (1573)
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
43,148 days ago
(118 years, 78 days)