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Sunday, May 19, 1918
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The Headlines
200 DIE AS TNT PLANT IS WIPED OUT BY EXPLOSION; Fiery Blast Hurls Buildings in Air Before Workers Can Reach the Open. MANY MORE CANNOT SURVIVE Large Area Near Pittsburgh Devastated as Roar Follows Roar, with Deadly Fumes. DRAW ON RED CROSS PARADE Nurses Rushed to Ald Injured--Rescuers Perish in Explosions-- Half-Mile Gas Deadline. Blast After Blast Follows. 200 DIE AS TNT PLANT IS WRECKED Finally Blown Clear of Fire. Story of a Survivor. Area of Deadly Fumes.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
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- Mustafa Kemal Atatürk (1881)
- Ho Chi Minh (1890)
- Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762)
- Julius Evola (1898)
- Max Perutz (1914)
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
39,465 days ago
(108 years, 45 days)