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Wednesday, January 31, 1917

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The Headlines

DARES U-BOAT CAPTAIN TO SINK HIS VESSEL; Plucky Norwegian Skipper Bluffs German Commander and Thus Gets Away Untouched.

Read in The New York Times →

Best-selling Sheet Music

Over There

George M. Cohan

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: Kaiser Wilhelm II orders the resumption of unrestricted submarine warfare.

    Wikipedia →

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1917

  • Uncle Sam wants YOU

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

39,937 days ago

(109 years, 152 days)