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Tuesday, May 27, 1919
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The Headlines
16,000 Killed in Path of Javan Eruption as Volcano Buries Thirty-One Villages
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
John Kellette
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
On This Day
The NC-4 aircraft arrives in Lisbon after completing the first transatlantic flight.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- Ibn Khaldun (1332)
- Rachel Carson (1907)
- Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894)
- John Cockcroft (1897)
- Hubert Humphrey (1911)
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
39,091 days ago
(107 years, 36 days)