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Friday, February 26, 1909
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The Headlines
FOUR GENERATIONS ATTEND.; Bride of 65 Weds in Presence of Mother and Great Granddaughter.
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
Kinemacolor, the first successful color motion picture process, is first shown to the general public at the Palace Theatre in London.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Victor Hugo (1802)
- Christopher Marlowe (1564)
- Nadezhda Krupskaya (1861)
- François Arago (1786)
- Giulio Natta (1903)
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
42,834 days ago
(117 years, 129 days)