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On the date
Tuesday, August 20, 1918
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The Headlines
Strike of 14,000 Ties Up London Omnibus Lines
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Benjamin Harrison (1833)
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890)
- Salvatore Quasimodo (1901)
- Jöns Jacob Berzelius (1779)
- Raymond Poincaré (1860)
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
39,372 days ago
(107 years, 317 days)