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Thursday, September 21, 1916
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The Headlines
GERMANS LAUNCH TERRIFIC ATTACKS ON SOMME LINES; Throw Wave After Wave of Massed Troops Against Posi-Newly Won by the French. FIGHTING LASTS ALL DAY Foch's Guns Cut Up Teuton Columns, Which Gain Ground Only to Lose It. BRITISH MAKE BIG RAID Seize 200 Yards of Trenches Near Arras ;- Repulse Attacks South of the Ancre. GERMANS LAUNCH TERRIFIC ATTACK
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You Share a Birthday With
- H. G. Wells (1866)
- Kwame Nkrumah (1909)
- Abdul Hamid II (1842)
- Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1853)
- Girolamo Savonarola (1452)
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
40,069 days ago
(109 years, 284 days)