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Wednesday, August 2, 1916
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The Headlines
18 HURT IN CRASH ON BRIDGE INCLINE; Crowded Wooden Car on Queensboro Structure Demolished Between Heavy Steel Ones. MOTORMAN LOSES CONTROL Firemen Called to Chop Injured Passengers from Wreckage ;- Many Sent to Hospitals.
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On This Day
World War I: Austrian sabotage causes the sinking of the Italian battleship Leonardo da Vinci in Taranto.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Mahmud I (1696)
- Constantine I of Greece (1868)
- Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1834)
- John Tyndall (1820)
- Myrna Loy (1905)
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
40,119 days ago
(109 years, 334 days)