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Sunday, April 9, 1916
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The Headlines
ALL U-BOATS HEARD FROM; Absolutely Certain None Attacked Channel Boat, Says Berlin. RECALLS PLEDGES TO US Declares Prompt Reparation Would Be Made if Guilt Were Proved. OTHER DENIALS TO FOLLOW Accepts No Blame for Englishman, Manchester Engineer, or Other Recent Attacks.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Charles Baudelaire (1821)
- Leopold II of Belgium (1835)
- Elias Lönnrot (1802)
- Léon Blum (1872)
- Erich Ludendorff (1865)
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
40,234 days ago
(110 years, 84 days)