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Friday, June 16, 1916
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The Headlines
CONVENTION ROUSED BY JAMES'S SPEECH; Whirlwind Demonstration of 21 Minutes Over Wilson's Success in Averting War. CONVENTION ROUSED BY JAMES'S SPEECH
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Adam Smith (1723)
- Barbara McClintock (1902)
- Gustaf V (1858)
- Mohammad Mosaddegh (1882)
- Stan Laurel (1890)
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
40,166 days ago
(110 years, 16 days)