From the day
On the date
Wednesday, August 9, 1911
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
BOOM DIX FOR PRESIDENT.; New York Delegation Said to be Already Pledged for Him.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jean Piaget (1896)
- Amedeo Avogadro (1776)
- William Alfred Fowler (1911)
- P. L. Travers (1899)
- Thomas Telford (1757)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Air Mail, Hydroplane & Electric Starter for Cars.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,940 days ago
(114 years, 330 days)