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Monday, April 20, 1908
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The Headlines
ITALY MAY SEIZE TURKISH ISLAND; Eleven Vessels Ready to Sail, Abruzzi Commanding One Battleship. CALLS SULTAN INSOLENT Italy Protests Against Refusal to Permit Its Post Offices on Turkish Territory.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Opening day of competition in the New South Wales Rugby League.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- Odilon Redon (1840)
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
43,145 days ago
(118 years, 75 days)