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Tuesday, May 16, 1916
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The Headlines
MEXICANS DESERT PERSHING AT CRY 'VILLA IS COMING!'; Cervantes and Others Secretly Spread Report Bandit Has an Army of 5,000. PEON LABORERS QUIT JOBS Cavalry in Night Rides Tries in Vain to Capture the Chief Propagandist. OUTLAWS SLAIN IN SKIRMISH Three Killed After Firing on Party of Twelve American Troopers Near Lake Itascate. MEXICANS DESERT AT CRY OF 'VILLA!'
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On This Day
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the French Third Republic sign the secret wartime Sykes-Picot Agreement partitioning former Ottoman territories such as Iraq and Syria.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Henry Fonda (1905)
- Pope Innocent XI (1611)
- Celâl Bayar (1883)
- Maria Gaetana Agnesi (1718)
- William H. Seward (1801)
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
40,197 days ago
(110 years, 47 days)