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Saturday, April 20, 1918
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The Headlines
ITALIANS FORM RIGHT WING; Orlando Stirs Deputies to Enthusiasm by the Official Announcement.500,000 MEN AVAILABLEExperts Say They Could BeSent Without Endangeringthe Home Front.SPEEDING UP AMERICAN AIDTroops Going Overseas MoreRapidly--2,200,000 Men Under Arms by July. "Now Forming the Right Wing." ITALIANS FORM RIGHT WING OF BATTLE LINE Shipping Our Troops More Rapidly. Could Easily be Shifted Back to Italy. Orlando's Announcement to Deputies.
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On This Day
Manfred von Richthofen, a.k.a. The Red Baron, shoots down his 79th and 80th victims, his final victories before his death the following day.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Adolf Hitler (1889)
- Napoleon III (1808)
- Joan Miró (1893)
- Harold Lloyd (1893)
- Kai Siegbahn (1918)
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
39,493 days ago
(108 years, 73 days)