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Thursday, February 21, 1918
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The Headlines
BAKER CUTS RED TAPE IN WAR DEPARTMENT; Orders Direct Reference of Military Matters to the DivisionHandling Them.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
The last Carolina parakeet dies in captivity at the Cincinnati Zoo.
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You Share a Birthday With
- W. H. Auden (1907)
- Anaïs Nin (1903)
- Peter III of Russia (1728)
- Jeanne Calment (1875)
- Sacha Guitry (1885)
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
39,552 days ago
(108 years, 132 days)