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Thursday, November 8, 1917
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The Headlines
BOLSHEVIKI SEIZE STATE BUILDINGS, DEFYING KERENSKY; Premier Posts Troops in Capital and Declares Workmen's Council Illegal. NORTHERN ARMY OFFERS AID And Preliminary, Parliament, Forced by Rebels to Leave Palace, Supports Him. WOMEN SOLDIERS ON GUARD Petrograd Conditions Generally Normal Save for Outrages by So-Called Apaches. TROTZKY TURNED DOWN. Military Headquarters Refuse to Give In to Him. BOLSHEVIKI SEIZE STATE BUILDINGS FOE'S ARMIES NUMBER FIVE. All New Troops Encountered Brought from the Russian Front.
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On This Day
The first Council of People's Commissars is formed, including Vladimir Lenin, Leon Trotsky and Joseph Stalin.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Bram Stoker (1847)
- Margaret Mitchell (1900)
- Edmond Halley (1656)
- Gottlob Frege (1848)
- Ilia Chavchavadze (1837)
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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
39,657 days ago
(108 years, 237 days)