Monday, April 24, 1916

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The Headlines

BARON VON DER GOLTZ MAY HAVE BEEN KILLED; Third Prominent German To Die Suddenly In Turkey -- Kaiser's New Envoy Closely Guarded.

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Poor Butterfly

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On This Day

• Ernest Shackleton and five men of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition launch a lifeboat from uninhabited Elephant Island in the Southern Ocean to organise a rescue for the crew of the sunken Endurance.

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• Easter Rising: Irish rebels, led by Patrick Pearse and James Connolly, launch an uprising in Dublin against British rule and proclaim an Irish Republic.

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You Share a Birthday With

• Carl Spitteler (1845)
• Philippe Pétain (1856)
• William the Silent (1533)
• Vincent de Paul (1581)
• Erich Raeder (1876)

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Tech Check

Toggle Light Switch, Electric Clock & Submachine Guns.

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