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Friday, February 16, 1917
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The Headlines
SIX BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS; One of Wednesday's Victims Had on Board the Crew of Another Vessel That Was Sunk. LAW'S OWNERS PROTEST Assert That American Schooner Carried No Contraband and Crew Deserved Protection. 107 Ships Sunk Since Feb.1; Tonnage Lost Totals 214,810 CONSUL OPENS INQUIRY INTO SINKING OF LAW Captain of the Vessel Is Summoned to Rome;-Crew Say Their Ship Was Torpedoed. SIX BRITISH SHIPS SUNK BY U-BOATS Her Owners Indignant. Only One Foreigner in Crew.
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- Octave Mirbeau (1848)
- Ernst Haeckel (1834)
- Philip Melanchthon (1497)
- Francis Galton (1822)
- Radoje Domanović (1873)
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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
39,921 days ago
(109 years, 136 days)