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Sunday, September 17, 1916
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The Headlines
CLAIM BIG VICTORY OVER RUMANIANS; Germans Assert They Are Pursuing Defeated Forces in Province of Dobrudja. BULGARS IN SOUTH FLEEING Serbs, Aided by Russians and French, Advancing Rapidly Toward Monastir.
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On This Day
World War I: Manfred von Richthofen ("The Red Baron"), a flying ace of the German Luftstreitkräfte, wins his first aerial combat near Cambrai, France.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bernhard Riemann (1826)
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (1857)
- Pope Paul V (1550)
- Marquis de Condorcet (1743)
- Billy the Kid (1859)
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
40,073 days ago
(109 years, 288 days)