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Wednesday, December 12, 1917
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The Headlines
50 KILLED AT ONCE ON JACOB JONES; U-Boat's Torpedo Struck the American Destroyer While at Target Practice. SEAMAN SAVED COMMANDER Died Himself of Exposure After Rescue--U-Boat Took Man Who Spoke German. Picked Up One, Left the Others. LLOYD GEORGE MAY APPEAL TO NATION
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George M. Cohan
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On This Day
Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Gustave Flaubert (1821)
- Frank Sinatra (1915)
- Edvard Munch (1863)
- Alfred Werner (1866)
- Edward G. Robinson (1893)
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
39,622 days ago
(108 years, 202 days)