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Tuesday, August 25, 1908
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The Headlines
BRITISH GENERAL'S WIFE MURDERED; Mrs. Luard Found by Husband in Wood Near London with Two Pistol Wounds in Head. RINGS TORN FROM FINGERS Together They Had Started on a Walk from Ighthan Knoll and Mrs. Luard Had Turned Back Alone.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ivan the Terrible (1530)
- Johann Gottfried Herder (1744)
- Ludwig II of Bavaria (1845)
- Charles Richet (1850)
- Louis Antoine de Saint-Just (1767)
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
43,018 days ago
(117 years, 313 days)