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Monday, November 11, 1918

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Best-selling Sheet Music

Till We Meet Again

Richard A. Whiting

The must-have

Lincoln Logs

On This Day

  • World War I: Germany signs an armistice agreement with the Allies in a railroad car in the forest of Compiègne.

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  • Józef Piłsudski assumes supreme military power in Poland – symbolic first day of Polish independence.

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  • Emperor Charles I of Austria relinquishes power.

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Slang

Slang of the decade

General

lousysnapshotmovies

Soldiers

over the topblightyno man's landcooties

Suffragette

deeds not wordsvotes for women

Catchphrases of 1918

  • The Yanks are coming

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

39,288 days ago

(107 years, 233 days)