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Thursday, August 10, 1911
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The Headlines
J.L.FINNEY, ACTOR, DIES IN LONDON FIRE; Other Americans at the Carlton Hotel Are Compelled to Rush for Safety.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
You Share a Birthday With
- Herbert Hoover (1874)
- Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour (1810)
- Norma Shearer (1902)
- Arne Tiselius (1902)
- V. V. Giri (1894)
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
41,938 days ago
(114 years, 328 days)