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Tuesday, March 29, 1910
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The Headlines
300 BURNED TO DEATH AT BALL IN HUNGARY; Only Door of Hall Had Been Nailed Up to Keep Out Additional Dancers. DECORATIONS TOOK FIRE Fell and Ignited Women's Dresses -- Panic Ensued and Jam at Exit Prevented Opening of Door.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Tyler (1790)
- Lavrentiy Beria (1899)
- Ernst Jünger (1895)
- Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby (1799)
- Warner Baxter (1889)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
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
42,438 days ago
(116 years, 98 days)