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Thursday, August 8, 1918
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The Headlines
HAIG VICTOR ON 5-MILE LINE; Forces Germans to Withdraw 1,000 Yards Onthe Lawe River. RETAKES BRAY-CORBIE ROAD His Troops Expel the Enemy from Ridge Positions East of Amiens. BRITISH TAKE PRISONERS German Artillery Shows Activity in the Robecq and Dickebush Sectors. WITH THE BRITISH ARMIES, THREAT TO THE LYS SALIENT. British Blow Suggests a Parallel to That on the Marne. HAIG VICTOR ON 5-MILE LINE
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On This Day
World War I: The Battle of Amiens begins a string of almost continuous Allied victories with a push through the German front lines (Hundred Days Offensive).
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You Share a Birthday With
- Paul Dirac (1902)
- Emiliano Zapata (1879)
- Ernest Lawrence (1901)
- Saint Dominic (1170)
- Paul Ludwig Ewald von Kleist (1881)
Slang
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General
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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
39,383 days ago
(107 years, 328 days)