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Monday, May 21, 1917
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The Headlines
Preparations for Draft Registration Move Swiftly; 42 States Already Have Their Machinery Organized
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Over There
George M. Cohan
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
The Imperial War Graves Commission is established through royal charter to mark, record, and maintain the graves and places of commemoration of the British Empire's military forces.
Wikipedia →The Great Atlanta fire of 1917 causes $5.5 million in damages, destroying some 300 acres including 2,000 homes, businesses and churches, displacing about 10,000 people but leading to only one fatality (due to heart attack).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Albrecht Dürer (1471)
- Philip II of Spain (1527)
- Willem Einthoven (1860)
- Henri Rousseau (1844)
- Charles Albert Gobat (1843)
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
39,827 days ago
(109 years, 42 days)