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Tuesday, June 5, 1917
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The Headlines
ANARCHISTS AWED BY POLICE CLUBS; Speakers at a Mass Meeting Carefully Avoid All References to Registration.RIOT BREAKS OUT LATERTen Men and One Woman Arrested in a Fight Followingthe Abuse of Guardsmen. Crowd Packs Boulevard. ANARCHISTS AWED BY POLICE CLUBS Chairman's Speech Mild. ARREST FOUR IN BROWNSVILLE Home Defense League Uses Clubs in Quelling Disorders at Meetings. SEVEN ARE INDICTED HERE. Court Orders Quick Trial in Anti Draft Cases.
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On This Day
World War I: Conscription begins in the United States as "Army registration day".
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Maynard Keynes (1883)
- Federico García Lorca (1898)
- Dennis Gabor (1900)
- Pancho Villa (1878)
- Allvar Gullstrand (1862)
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
39,812 days ago
(109 years, 27 days)