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Saturday, June 24, 1916
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The Headlines
Eight Known Survivors.; DESCRIBE TROOPS IN HOPELESS FIGHT
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
Mary Pickford becomes the first female film star to sign a million-dollar contract.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ambrose Bierce (1842)
- Victor Hess (1883)
- Juan Manuel Fangio (1911)
- Ernesto Sabato (1911)
- Fred Hoyle (1915)
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
40,158 days ago
(110 years, 8 days)