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Monday, January 30, 1911
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The Headlines
BLUE LAWS IN PLAINFIELD.; Town Closed Up Tight by Reform Mayor Under Old Sunday Laws.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
The destroyer USS Terry makes the first airplane rescue at sea saving the life of Douglas McCurdy 16 kilometres (10 miles) from Havana, Cuba.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882)
- Adelbert von Chamisso (1781)
- Max Theiler (1899)
- Félix Faure (1841)
- A. H. Tammsaare (1878)
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
42,130 days ago
(115 years, 155 days)