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Thursday, September 6, 1917
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The Headlines
11 KILLED, 62 HURT IN LONDON AIR RAID; Many Bombs Dropped in Flight Over City, the First Made by Moonlight. THIN HAZE HID AVIATOR Complaints Made In Press Forecast of More Assaults and Crowds Call for Reprisals. Raiders Flew in Groups. Hidden by a Thin Haze. American Officers in Crowds. 11 KILLED, 62 HURT IN LONDON AIR RAID Growing Casualty List.
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You Share a Birthday With
- John Dalton (1766)
- Jane Addams (1860)
- Edward Appleton (1892)
- Emir Abdelkader (1808)
- Marquis de Lafayette (1757)
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
39,720 days ago
(108 years, 300 days)