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Sunday, November 4, 1917
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The Headlines
FRENCH FOLLOW UP RETREATING FOE; Reach the Ailette River on a Wide Front in the Aisne Sector AND SHELL BEATEN FORCES Crown Prince's Shattered Battalions Cut Bridges asThey Fall Back. FRENCH FOLLOW UP RETREATING FOE Not Interrupted, Berlin Says. GUNS ROAR AMID THE RAIN. Bad Weather Restricts Operations on the Flanders Front.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Walter Cronkite (1916)
- Joseph Rotblat (1908)
- Will Rogers (1879)
- Guido Reni (1575)
- Edmund Kean (1787)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
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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
39,660 days ago
(108 years, 240 days)