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Saturday, November 28, 1908
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The Headlines
JAPAN AND AMERICA TO PROTECT PACIFIC; Agree to Respect Each Other's Territory and to Act Together in China. WILL KEEP EMPIRE FREE If It Is Threatened They Will Consult on Measures -- New Agreement Peaceful in Intent.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Shine On, Harvest Moon
Nora Bayes & Jack Norworth
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
A mine explosion in Marianna, Pennsylvania, kills 154 men, leaving only one survivor.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Friedrich Engels (1820)
- William Blake (1757)
- Stefan Zweig (1881)
- Alexander Blok (1880)
- Claude Lévi-Strauss (1908)
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
42,923 days ago
(117 years, 218 days)