On the date

Thursday, December 27, 1917

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The Headlines

British Shipping Losses Drop; Only 12 Ships Sunk Last Week

Best-selling Sheet Music

George M. Cohan

The must-have

You Share a Birthday With

Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1917

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

39,608 days ago

(108 years, 188 days)