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On the date
Saturday, September 19, 1908
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The Headlines
COURT ORDERS ARM CUT OFF.; Surgeons Gain Victory Over Protesting Father of Injured Boy.
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
- Henry III of France (1551)
- Lajos Kossuth (1802)
- Leo VI the Wise (866)
- Giuseppe Saragat (1898)
- Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749)
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
42,993 days ago
(117 years, 288 days)