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Friday, July 11, 1919
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The Headlines
R-34 One-Third of the Way Across, She Reported to The Times at 6 P.M.
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 eight-hour day and free Sunday become law for workers in the Netherlands.
Wikipedia →
You Share a Birthday With
- John Quincy Adams (1767)
- Alexander Prokhorov (1916)
- Robert the Bruce (1274)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834)
- Carl Schmitt (1888)
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
39,047 days ago
(106 years, 357 days)