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Monday, July 8, 1912
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The Headlines
AMERICANS CAPTURE FIRST OLYMPIC RACE; Complete Sweep by Yankee Athletes in 100 Meters Sprint Sets the Stadium in Uproar. PENTATHLON IS ALSO OURS And Six of the Eight Competitors Left in the 800 Meters Run Carry American Colors. AMERICANS CAPTURE FIRST OLYMPIC RACE
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It's a Long Way to Tipperary
Jack Judge & Harry Williams
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Rook (Card Game)
On This Day
Henrique Mitchell de Paiva Couceiro leads an unsuccessful royalist attack against the First Portuguese Republic in Chaves.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593)
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
41,606 days ago
(113 years, 361 days)