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Thursday, November 7, 1918
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The Headlines
PLAN COURT FIGHT ON EDGE ELECTION; Nugent Declares Governor Was Ineligible to Run for Senate. JERSEY ASSEMBLY A TIE Democrats Win Three Seats and Can Now Prevent Any Legislation for Prohibition.
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
Till We Meet Again
Richard A. Whiting
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
The 1918 influenza epidemic spreads to Western Samoa, killing 7,542 (about 20% of the population) by the end of the year.
Wikipedia →Kurt Eisner overthrows the Wittelsbach dynasty in the Kingdom of Bavaria.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Marie Curie (1867)
- Albert Camus (1913)
- James Cook (1728)
- Leon Trotsky (1879)
- C. V. Raman (1888)
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
39,292 days ago
(107 years, 237 days)