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Monday, November 5, 1917
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The Headlines
ATTACK BEFORE DAYLIGHT; Forces in Training Held Small Salient of the Front Line Trenches. PERSHING TELLS OF LOSS Reports One Prisoner Taken and Damage Inflicted on Foe Not Known. UNDER FIRE FOR 3 DAYS Artillery Activity on This Part of the Line Beyond Normal-- American Guns Answer.
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On This Day
Tikhon is elected the Patriarch of Moscow and of the Russian Orthodox Church.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Vivien Leigh (1913)
- Roy Rogers (1911)
- Fred Lawrence Whipple (1906)
- Joel McCrea (1905)
- Endre Kabos (1906)
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
39,660 days ago
(108 years, 240 days)