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On the date
Tuesday, July 28, 1908
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The Headlines
COFFIN FOR ARMY EXILE.; Col. Stewart, In Deserted Arizona Post, Receives One -- Not from Department.
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
- Karl Popper (1902)
- Ludwig Feuerbach (1804)
- Marcel Duchamp (1887)
- Beatrix Potter (1866)
- Ernst Cassirer (1874)
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
43,046 days ago
(117 years, 341 days)