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Sunday, April 15, 1917
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The Headlines
TURKS ARE ROUTED NORTH OF BAGDAD; British, by Strategic Withdrawal, Succeed in a Flanking Operation. 200 MOSLEMS ARE KILLED Their Losses in Wounded Are 700;-Battle Is Temporarily Interrupted by a Mirage.
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- Leonardo da Vinci (1452)
- Leonhard Euler (1707)
- Nikita Khrushchev (1894)
- Kim Il Sung (1912)
- Émile Durkheim (1858)
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
39,864 days ago
(109 years, 79 days)