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On the date
Thursday, July 16, 1908
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The Headlines
MEXICAN BANDITS KILLED.; Slayers of American Supposed to Have Been Shot by Rurales.
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
- Roald Amundsen (1872)
- Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
- Trygve Lie (1896)
- Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796)
- Frits Zernike (1888)
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
43,058 days ago
(117 years, 353 days)