From the day
On the date
Friday, February 12, 1909
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
CENTRE FOR POLICY RAIDED BY POLICE; $250,000 in Cash and U.S. Bonds Found in Saloon Safe at Bowery and Bond Street. TIP OBTAINED BY CHANCE Report of a Hold-Up Puts the Police on the Trail of What They Call "The National Policy Headquarters."
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.
Wikipedia →New Zealand's worst maritime disaster of the 20th century happens when the SS Penguin, an inter-island ferry, sinks and explodes at the entrance to Wellington Harbour.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Abraham Lincoln (1809)
- Charles Darwin (1809)
- Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768)
- Anna Pavlova (1881)
- Lou Andreas-Salomé (1861)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead
Aristocrat
capitalmy wordbally
Working Class
gadzooksblimeychump
Tech Check
Toaster, Silencer for Guns & Instant Coffee.
Cost of Living (1900)
Loaf of Bread
$0.05
Gallon of Gas
$0.10
Average Home
$3,200
New Car
$1,000
Time Elapsed
42,847 days ago
(117 years, 142 days)