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Friday, April 12, 1912
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The Headlines
54,000-TON SHIPS FOR NORTH GERMAN LLOYD; Contract Let for Swift Liner 8,000 Tons Larger Than the Titanic.
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)
You Share a Birthday With
- Jan Tinbergen (1903)
- Alexander Ostrovsky (1823)
- Christian IV of Denmark (1577)
- Nikolay Przhevalsky (1839)
- Otto Fritz Meyerhof (1884)
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
41,692 days ago
(114 years, 82 days)