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Saturday, July 8, 1916
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The Headlines
BRITISH TAKE CONTALMAISON; But Are Later Driven Out, Though Prussian Guards Are Overwhelmed. HAIG'S MEN ENTER OVILLERS Terrific Battle Is Still Raging for the Possession of This Village. NEW LA BOISSELLE GAINS Trenches on a Mile Front Are Carried ;- Stronger Grip Is Taken on Leipsic Redoubt.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Jean de La Fontaine (1621)
- John D. Rockefeller (1839)
- Pyotr Kapitsa (1894)
- Igor Tamm (1895)
- Artemisia Gentileschi (1593)
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
40,144 days ago
(109 years, 359 days)