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Tuesday, January 9, 1917
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The Headlines
Allied Council Sends Greece an Ultimatum; Rome Session Foiled Plot to Break Entente; Teutons Tried to Disrupt Entente
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Over There
George M. Cohan
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
World War I: The Battle of Rafa is fought near the Egyptian border with Palestine.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Richard Nixon (1913)
- Simone de Beauvoir (1908)
- AD 727 (727)
- Karel Čapek (1890)
- Pope Gregory XV (1554)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Modern Zipper & Drone Torpedoes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,960 days ago
(109 years, 175 days)