yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Tuesday, March 1, 1910

From the day

Memories from that day

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

The Headlines

BOYS CONFESS PLOT TO WRECK A TRAIN; Hoped to Rob the Dead and Wounded After Ditching New Haven Local from New York. SEEN TO THROW A SWITCH Railroad Man Prevented Accident -- Many Wealthy Commuters Aboard When Attempt Was Made.

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Leo Friedman

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

On This Day

  • The deadliest avalanche in United States history buries a Great Northern Railway train in northeastern King County, Washington, killing 96 people.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1910

  • A Trip to the Moon

Tech Check

Neon Lamps, Headsets & Seaplane.

Style of 1910

Silhouette: Tubular and columnar

Material: Chiffon and velvet

  • Hobble skirts
  • Wide-brimmed hats
  • Orientalism

Cost of Living (1910)

Loaf of Bread

$0.06

Gallon of Gas

$0.15

Average Home

$3,600

New Car

$950

Time Elapsed

42,465 days ago

(116 years, 125 days)