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Sunday, September 24, 1911
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The Headlines
18-HOUR EXPRESS HITS FREIGHT TRAIN; Pennsylvania Special Crashes Into Freight -- Engineer and Fireman Killed.
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Alexander's Ragtime Band
Irving Berlin
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
His Majesty's Airship No. 1, Britain's first rigid airship, is wrecked by strong winds before her maiden flight at Barrow-in-Furness.
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You Share a Birthday With
- F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896)
- Konstantin Chernenko (1911)
- İsmet İnönü (1884)
- Gerolamo Cardano (1501)
- Horace Walpole (1717)
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
41,894 days ago
(114 years, 284 days)