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Thursday, March 22, 1917
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The Headlines
GERMAN FORCES STANDING BEFORE ST. QUENTIN LINE; French Wedge Threatens, However, to Pierce Positions Chosen by Hindenburg. SOMME CANAL IS CROSSED Nivelle's Troops Drive Teutons Back After Seizing Important Rail Junction. BRITISH MOVING RAPIDLY Advance Ten Miles East of the Somme and Occupy Forty More Villages. British Advance Rapidly. GERMANS STAND AT ST. QUENTIN LINE Storms Hinder Advance. Berlin's Brief Reports. GERMANS TOOK ALL FOOD. Even Carried Off Part of American Relief Supplies, Paris States. FRENCH TAKE VERDUN TRENCH Germans Attempt Surprise Attacks Later in the Day, but Are Repulsed. NOYON GREETS NIVELLE. Child with Hair in Tricolor Ribbons Offers Him a Bouquet.
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- Robert Millikan (1868)
- Wilhelm I (1797)
- Anthony van Dyck (1599)
- Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor (1459)
- Ulugh Beg (1394)
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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
39,887 days ago
(109 years, 102 days)