From the day
On the date
Wednesday, February 16, 1916
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
AMERICA TO HOLD THAT LINERS MAY ARM FOR DEFENSE; Government Has No Intention of Changing International Law During the War. HOPES FOR AN AGREEMENT Looks to Entente Allies to Join in Modus Vivendi in Interest of Humanity. MAY INQUIRE OF BERLIN Lansing Likely to Ask How New Order Is to be Enforced -- Debate Coming in Senate.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
- Radoje Domanović (1873)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
40,288 days ago
(110 years, 138 days)