From the day
On the date
Wednesday, June 14, 1916
Memories from that day
No memories yet. Add yours if you remember this day.
The Headlines
CANADIANS RUSH 1,500-YARD FRONT; By a Fierce Night Assault Southeast of Ypres They Recapture Lost British Position. GERMANS GAIN AT VERDUN Take Trenches West of Thiaumont Farm ;- French Throw Them Back Elsewhere.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811)
- Charles-Augustin de Coulomb (1736)
- Karl Landsteiner (1868)
- Alois Alzheimer (1864)
- Andrey Markov (1856)
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
40,169 days ago
(110 years, 19 days)