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Saturday, November 14, 1908
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The Headlines
EMPEROR OF CHINA IS PROBABLY DEAD; Dowager Reported to be Dying and Regent and Heir to Throne Appointed. STRICT SECRECY AT PALACE Foreigners Vainly Endeavor to Learn What Is Happening -- Emperor Moved to Death Chamber.
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
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
- William III of England (1650)
- Frederick Banting (1891)
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
42,937 days ago
(117 years, 232 days)