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Sunday, June 20, 1909
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The Headlines
YANKS AND SENATORS SPLIT A DUAL EVENT; Chesbro Easy for Visitors in First Game, but Lake Holds Them in the Second. 20,000 SEE GOOD SPORT Bingles and Bungles Abundant, with Many Fine Plays -- Elberfeld Under Suspension.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Put On Your Old Grey Bonnet
Percy Wenrich
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jacques Offenbach (1819)
- Errol Flynn (1909)
- Sigismund III Vasa (1566)
- Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861)
- Kurt Schwitters (1887)
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
42,719 days ago
(117 years, 14 days)