When Alfred Diedrick Schwitters was born on October 6, 1905, in Whiteside, Illinois, his father, William, was 31 and his mother, Anna, was 23. He had one son and one daughter with Evelly Argraves between 1931 and 1934. He died on July 2, 1964, at the age of 58, and was buried in Sterling, Illinois.
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
Vice President: vacant (until March 4), Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) (starting March 4)
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. In 1905 it cost .16 cents for 5# of flour; bacon .18 cents; 1 # butter .29 cents; 1/2 gal milk .14 cents; 5# sugar .30 cents
Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58. Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off. The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a "bad example."
National League's New York Giants won their 1st World Series by defeating the American League's Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1.
Henry Fonda was born in 1905, actor (died 1982;) Fred Trump, real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (died 1999).
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
Vice President: vacant (until March 4), Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) (starting March 4)
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. In 1905 it cost .16 cents for 5# of flour; bacon .18 cents; 1 # butter .29 cents; 1/2 gal milk .14 cents; 5# sugar .30 cents
Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58. Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off. The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a "bad example."
National League's New York Giants won their 1st World Series by defeating the American League's Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1.
Henry Fonda was born in 1905, actor (died 1982;) Fred Trump, real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (died 1999).
When Alfred Diedrick Schwitters was born on October 6, 1905, in Whiteside, Illinois, his father, William, was 31 and his mother, Anna, was 23. He had one son and one daughter with Evelly Argraves between 1931 and 1934. He died on July 2, 1964, at the age of 58, and was buried in Sterling, Illinois.
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
Vice President: vacant (until March 4), Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) (starting March 4)
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. In 1905 it cost .16 cents for 5# of flour; bacon .18 cents; 1 # butter .29 cents; 1/2 gal milk .14 cents; 5# sugar .30 cents
Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58. Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off. The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a "bad example."
National League's New York Giants won their 1st World Series by defeating the American League's Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1.
Henry Fonda was born in 1905, actor (died 1982;) Fred Trump, real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (died 1999).
President: Theodore Roosevelt (R-New York)
Vice President: vacant (until March 4), Charles W. Fairbanks (R-Indiana) (starting March 4)
The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year. A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year, a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year. In 1905 it cost .16 cents for 5# of flour; bacon .18 cents; 1 # butter .29 cents; 1/2 gal milk .14 cents; 5# sugar .30 cents
Grover Shoe Factory disaster: A boiler explosion, building collapse and fire in Brockton, Massachusetts kills 58. Las Vegas, Nevada is founded when 110 acres in what later becomes downtown, are auctioned off. The Wright Brothers' third aeroplane (Wright Flyer III) stays in the air for 39 minutes with Wilbur piloting. This is the first aeroplane flight lasting over half an hour. Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are banned from the Brooklyn Public Library for setting a "bad example."
National League's New York Giants won their 1st World Series by defeating the American League's Philadelphia Athletics 4 games to 1.
Henry Fonda was born in 1905, actor (died 1982;) Fred Trump, real estate developer, father of Donald Trump (died 1999).
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