yesterwire.comBack to search

On the date

Friday, March 11, 1910

From the day

Memories from that day

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

The Headlines

GAYNOR QUITS FEAST FOR SOLITARY MEAL; Facing a Long Reception, the Mayor's Hunger Overcomes Him at Law Alumni Dinner. PICKET WARNS COMMITTEE So the Members Can Meet Him at the Dining Room Door -- Mayor Pokes Fun at Connecticut Blue Laws. GAYNOR QUITS FEAST FOR SOLITARY MEAL

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Leo Friedman

The must-have

Rook (Card Game)

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

42,455 days ago

(116 years, 115 days)