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Friday, May 23, 1919
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The Headlines
MURMANSK REDS IN FULL RETREAT; Allies Capture Four Towns and Turn Foe's Main Positions. CLOSING ON PETROGRAD Esthonians Near Gatschina, 35 Miles South of the Capital, Take 700 Prisoners. SAY REDS ARE ADVANCING. Ukrainians Ascribe Their Own and Rumanians' Peril to Poles.
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On This Day
Sheikh Mahmud Barzanji, a Kurdish sheikh and at-the-time governor of the Slêmanî Province of British Iraq, initiates the first Mahmud Barzanji revolt.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Carl Linnaeus (1707)
- Pär Lagerkvist (1891)
- John Bardeen (1908)
- Hans Frank (1900)
- Otto Lilienthal (1848)
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
39,095 days ago
(107 years, 40 days)