yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Sunday, July 25, 1909

From the day

Memories from that day

No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.

The Headlines

MAN OF MORGAN TYPE NEEDED FOR MAYOR; Justice Gildersleeve Declares the City's Finances Will Be Big Factor in the Campaign. M.J. O'BRIEN COULD WIN Also Suggests Charles R. Flint as an Ideal Candidate -- Metz and Coler Not Out of the Running.

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

  • Louis Blériot makes the first flight across the English Channel in a heavier-than-air machine from Calais to Dover, England, United Kingdom in 37 minutes.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

bullyfit as a fiddleblockhead

Aristocrat

capitalmy wordbally

Working Class

gadzooksblimeychump

Catchphrases of 1909

  • Peary to the Pole

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

42,685 days ago

(116 years, 345 days)