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Friday, May 19, 1911
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The Headlines
TO PAY HUSBAND'S DEBTS.; Wife of Lieut. Fane Gets Advance of $20,000 on Court's Order.
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
Parks Canada, the world's first national park service, is established as the Dominion Parks Branch under the Department of the Interior.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
- Julius Evola (1898)
- Nicholas Winton (1909)
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
42,022 days ago
(115 years, 47 days)