From the day
On the date
Wednesday, February 14, 1912
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
CAN'T RUN BUSINESS BY GOVERNMENT-HILL; Federal Power Wouldn't Last a Week with Unrestricted Control, Says Railway Head.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Jack Judge & Harry Williams
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Arizona is admitted as the 48th and the last contiguous U.S. state.
Wikipedia →The U.S. Navy commissions its first class of diesel-powered submarines.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Babur (1483)
- C. T. R. Wilson (1869)
- Leon Battista Alberti (1404)
- Max Horkheimer (1895)
- Fritz Zwicky (1898)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Motorized Movie Cameras, Stainless Steel & Traffic Control Towers.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,750 days ago
(114 years, 140 days)