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Monday, August 13, 1917
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The Headlines
GERMAN AIRMEN KILL 23, HURT 52, IN EAST ENGLAND; Score of Airplanes, in Two Divisions, Make Evening Raidon Popular Coast Resorts.40 BOMBS HIT SOUTHENDConsiderable Damage to Property, and All Casualties, Save Two, Caused There. FRENCH RAID FRANKFORTTwo Machines Avenge Recent Attack on Nancy and the Region North of Paris.
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- Alfred Hitchcock (1899)
- Karl Liebknecht (1871)
- John Logie Baird (1888)
- Samuel de Champlain (1567)
- Richard Willstätter (1872)
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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
39,744 days ago
(108 years, 324 days)