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Wednesday, May 28, 1919
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The Headlines
HAWKER IN LONDON; TELLS REST OF STORY; Grieve Shares With Pilot Tremendous Ovation on Trip From Scotland and in Metropolis. AVIATORS DECLARE GALE THEY MET WAS NO HINDRANCE Would Have Completed Flight But For Boiling Water Trouble--Wireless Equipment Unsatisfactory--Details of Rescue. Tossed by the Heaving Ocean. They Sum Up Their Experiences. Hawker Concludes the Story of His Flight Grieve Said the Wireless Was Not a Great Success. Navigated by Celestial Observations.
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Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Ian Fleming (1908)
- Patrick White (1912)
- William Pitt the Younger (1759)
- Edvard Beneš (1884)
- Thomas Moore (1779)
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
39,090 days ago
(107 years, 35 days)