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On the date
Thursday, September 17, 1914
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The Headlines
CIRCLING THE GERMAN RIGHT; New Army From Rouen Said to be Getting Around Von Kluck. HARD BATTLE AT SOISSONS Severe Conflict Over River Crossings Has Been Going On Since Friday. GERMANS HOLD THE HILLS British and French Finally Get Guns Across ;- Crown Prince's Army Falls Back.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
St. Louis Blues
W.C. Handy
The must-have
Tinker Toys
On This Day
World War I: The Race to the Sea begins.
Wikipedia →Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the third time.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
- Billy the Kid (1859)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Leica 35mm Camera, Traffic Lights & Tank Warfare Concepts.
Style of 1914
Silhouette: Utilitarian and flared
Material: Wool and serge (wartime utility)
- Trench coats
- Shorter hemlines
- Military details
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,804 days ago
(111 years, 289 days)