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On the date
Sunday, July 18, 1909
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The Headlines
HUDSON LOWEST IN 2 YEARS.; Machines in Paper Mills Shut Down, Though Timber Is Plentiful.
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
- Hendrik Lorentz (1853)
- William Makepeace Thackeray (1811)
- Andrei Gromyko (1909)
- Rudolf II, Holy Roman Emperor (1552)
- Vidkun Quisling (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
42,691 days ago
(116 years, 351 days)