Wednesday, June 13, 1917

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CITY'S BILLION FOR LIBERTY LOAN ALL BUT ASSURED; Last Night's Total Put at $750,000,000, with Two and a Half Days to Work. OTHER CITIES SPEEDING UP Big Subscribers Expected to Rush Orders at the Last to Make Sure of Allotments. DIVIDENDS PAID IN BONDS Figures Outside of New York Show Many Delayed Subscriptions Turned In. $25,000,000 Distributed. Denies the Rich Are Shirking. Marshal Joffre's Hopes Rise with Liberty Loan CITY'S BILLION FOR LIBERTY LOAN Ambassador Gerard's Bit. Germany Awaits the Returns. Bands to Play Free. Good Work by Boy Scouts. Other Large Subscriptions. Millions Turned In. Subscriptions by Divisions.

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• World War I: The deadliest German air raid on London of the war is carried out by Gotha G.IV bombers and results in 162 deaths, including 46 children, and 432 injuries.

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• James Clerk Maxwell (1831)
• W. B. Yeats (1865)
• Fernando Pessoa (1888)
• Thomas Young (scientist) (1773)
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