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Monday, November 14, 1910
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The Headlines
THREW A BOY INTO A BONFIRE; Police Say the Offender First Poured Kerosene on the Victim's Head.
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Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Leo Friedman
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Aviator Eugene Burton Ely performs the first takeoff from a ship in Hampton Roads, Virginia, taking off from a makeshift deck on the USS Birmingham in a Curtiss pusher.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jawaharlal Nehru (1889)
- Claude Monet (1840)
- Astrid Lindgren (1907)
- William III of England (1650)
- Frederick Banting (1891)
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
42,207 days ago
(115 years, 232 days)