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Tuesday, June 16, 1908
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The Headlines
4 DROWN AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER; Two Women and Little Girl Perish with Man in the Tonneau of the Car. TWO MEN ESCAPE UNHURT The Chauffeur Surrenders to the Police and Is Locked Up on a Charge of Homicide. 4 DROWN AS AUTO PLUNGES INTO RIVER
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
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
- Stan Laurel (1890)
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
43,088 days ago
(118 years, 18 days)