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Saturday, January 6, 1912
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The Headlines
DIVORCE FOR EDNA SCHLEY.; Freed at Reno from Robert L. Schley of Virginia, a Globe Wanderer.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Jack Judge & Harry Williams
The must-have
Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
New Mexico is admitted to the Union as the 47th U.S. state.
Wikipedia →German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Joan of Arc (1412)
- Kahlil Gibran (1883)
- Carl Sandburg (1878)
- Gustave Doré (1832)
- Alexander Scriabin (1872)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Motorized Movie Cameras, Stainless Steel & Traffic Control Towers.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
41,790 days ago
(114 years, 180 days)