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Thursday, July 4, 1918
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The Headlines
ENEMY MUST STRIKE SOON; Balance of Initiative Is Being Shifted by the Allied Strokes. 800,000 CASUALTIES SO FAR And Factors Against Them Are Steadily Increasing, with American Army Foremost. ALLIES IN FINE SPIRITS Piave Triumph of Italians Has Solidified the Forces of Whole Western Front. Put German Casualties at 800,000. No Fear of Austria Now. ENEMY MUST STRIKE SOON
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Till We Meet Again
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On This Day
World War I: The Battle of Hamel, a successful attack by the Australian Corps against German positions near the town of Le Hamel on the Western Front.
Wikipedia →Mehmed V died at the age of 73 and Ottoman sultan Mehmed VI ascends to the throne.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Calvin Coolidge (1872)
- Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807)
- Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804)
- Murad III (1546)
- Gloria Stuart (1910)
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
39,418 days ago
(107 years, 363 days)