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Monday, June 10, 1918
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The Headlines
FIERCE GUNFIRE ON BRITISH LINES; Germans Pound Positions Extending from Villers-Bretonneux to Arras.FAIL TO ATTEMPT ASSAULTBombers Extend Attacks Backof Lines--Refugees Hopein Americans' Arrival. People's Heroism Impresses Troops. New Streams of Refugees. FIERCE GUNFIRE ON BRITISH LINES French Confidence Unshaken. RAIDS ON BRITISH FRONT. Thirty Germans Taken North of Albert--Gunfire in the South.
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On This Day
The Austro-Hungarian battleship SMS Szent István sinks off the Croatian coast after being torpedoed by an Italian MAS motorboat; the event is recorded by camera from a nearby vessel.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Saul Bellow (1915)
- Gustave Courbet (1819)
- Nicolaus Otto (1832)
- Hattie McDaniel (1893)
- Abu al-Wafa' al-Buzjani (940)
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
39,442 days ago
(108 years, 22 days)