Lillian Mattox

Born Thursday, January 26, 1899

 

 

Secretary Hay recommended "Open Door" in China • President McKinley rode in the Stanley Steamer automobile • Charles Gibson created sketch of the Gibson Girl, his image of the ideal woman • Nicaragua Canal Commission dismissed • Ragtime became the rage with Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag • Anti-Imperialist League formed; U.S. considered overseas role • Mt. Rainier National Park was created in Washington • Henry Ford formed Detroit Automobile Company • Gold Standard Bill passed House • Philippine Commission recommended U.S. rule until Filipinos ready

 

Charles Laughton.................... Fred Astaire
Bernt Balchen.......................... Finn Ronne
Billy Rose......................... Alfred Hitchcock
Lillian (Mattox) Wilcox............. Al Capone
Ernest Hemingway........ Vladimir Nabokov
Wiley Post....................... Freeman Gosden
Bruce Catton.................... Sir Noel Coward

 

Carnation milk, marketed as "milk from contented cows" • Tuberculosis hospital in the United States • Aunt Jemima pancake mix and self-rising flour • Packard automobile • Asprin sold in bottles to the public • Sousaphone - named after John Phillip Sousa

 

Top Tunes... She'll Be Comin' Round the Mountain, The Girl I Loved in Sunny Tennessee, My Wild Irish Rose, Always, Heart of My Heart, Hello! Ma Baby, On the Banks of the Wabash Far Away, Hands Across the Sea, You Tell Me Your Dream, I’ll Tell You Mine

 

                                       1899         2008
Average Income.............. $426      $48,201
Population (mil.).............. 74.8         303.7
Births (mil.)........................ 2.2             4.2
1st Class Stamp............... $0.02          $0.41
Gas (1 gal.)...................... $0.21         $2.99
New Home................... $2,150   $246,500