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Thursday, May 27, 1915
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The Headlines
"ACT OF WAR," SAYS LONDON.; Morning Post Compares Nebraskan Incident to Shelling of Our Ports.
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I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier
Al Piantadosi
The must-have
Raggedy Ann Doll
On This Day
HMS Princess Irene explodes and sinks off Sheerness, Kent, with the loss of 352 lives.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
- John Cockcroft (1897)
- Hubert Humphrey (1911)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pyrex Glass, Transcontinental Telephone Call & Sonar (Active).
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,552 days ago
(111 years, 37 days)