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Saturday, January 26, 1918
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The Headlines
SENATE SECRET TESTIMONY SHOWS LLOYD GEORGE WANTED GEN. WOOD; STETTINIUS TO AID ARMY BUYING; M'CORMICK'S STORY ISSUED Said British Feared We Were Not Using All Our Big Men in War. COL. HOUSE WAS SUMMONED Illinois Representative Says Pershing's Officers Wanted Sharpe and Crozier Dropped. MUST HURRY ON HEAVY GUNS 25,000 Needed and France Can't Make
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On This Day
Finnish Civil War: A group of Red Guards hangs a red lantern atop the tower of Helsinki Workers' Hall to symbolically mark the start of the war.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Douglas MacArthur (1880)
- Charles XIV John (1763)
- Claude Adrien Helvétius (1715)
- Polykarp Kusch (1911)
- Achim von Arnim (1781)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Superheterodyne Radio Receiver, Enigma Machine (Early Version) & Hydraulic Brakes.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,578 days ago
(108 years, 158 days)