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Friday, July 12, 1918
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The Headlines
FEARS CENSORSHIP IN WIRE CONTROL; Burleson Would Exercise Dangerous Power Over News,Smith of Michigan Says.SENATE DEBATE SPIRITED Underwood Replies to Opponents That Bill Merely Looks to Meeting Any Emergency. No Thought of Telephone Control. Would End Cable Concessions. FEARS CENSORSHIP IN WIRE CONTROL A "Star Chamber" Session. Purely an Emergency Measure.
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On This Day
The Imperial Japanese Navy battleship Kawachi blows up at Shunan, western Honshu, Japan, killing at least 621.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Pablo Neruda (1904)
- Henry David Thoreau (1817)
- Amedeo Modigliani (1884)
- Buckminster Fuller (1895)
- Claude Bernard (1813)
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
39,410 days ago
(107 years, 355 days)