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Thursday, January 16, 1919
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The Headlines
EBERT COMPELS BERLIN CITIZENS TO GIVEUP ARMS; Soldiers Carry Out the Drastic Order, Applying to All Classes Alike. HOUSES ARE SEARCHED This Policy Adopted After Another Night of HouseTop Affrays.CARS RUN AMID VOLLEYSSome Passengers Hit and Employes,Partly from Fear, SuspendStreet Railway's Operations. COMPELS CITIZENS TO GIVE UP ARMS
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I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
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On This Day
Nebraska becomes the 36th state to approve the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. With the necessary three-quarters of the states approving the amendment, Prohibition is constitutionally mandated in the United States one year later.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Fulgencio Batista (1901)
- Vittorio Alfieri (1749)
- John C. Breckinridge (1821)
- Ethel Merman (1908)
- Franz Brentano (1838)
Slang
Slang of the decade
General
lousysnapshotmovies
Soldiers
over the topblightyno man's landcooties
Suffragette
deeds not wordsvotes for women
Tech Check
Pop-Up Toaster, Shortwave Radio & Arc Welding.
Cost of Living (1910)
Loaf of Bread
$0.06
Gallon of Gas
$0.15
Average Home
$3,600
New Car
$950
Time Elapsed
39,222 days ago
(107 years, 167 days)