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Saturday, July 22, 1916
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The Headlines
SUBMARINE LINER RIGS UP WIRELESS; Deutschland Still at Baltimore, but Preparations Indicate an Early Dash. SEA PATROLS CLOSE IN Belief at Norfolk That British on Duty Off Capes Have Been Reinforced. NEW ALLIED SHIPS SIGHTED Germans Boast That 12 Submarines Lie Near Hampton Roads to Guard the Deutschland. SUBMARINE LINER RIGS UP WIRELESS
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On This Day
Preparedness Day Bombing: In San Francisco, a bomb explodes on Market Street during a parade, killing ten and injuring 40.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gustav Ludwig Hertz (1887)
- Janusz Korczak (1878)
- Selman Waksman (1888)
- Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (1784)
- Philip the Handsome (1478)
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
40,130 days ago
(109 years, 345 days)