From the day
On the date
Saturday, September 16, 1916
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The Headlines
Monster Armored Cars, Used by British in Charge, Defy Trenches, Barbed Wire, or Craters to stop Them
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Poor Butterfly
Raymond Hubbell
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Henry V of England (1386)
- Karl Dönitz (1891)
- Frans Eemil Sillanpää (1888)
- Albert Szent-Györgyi (1893)
- Mikhail Kutuzov (1745)
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
40,074 days ago
(109 years, 289 days)