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Tuesday, July 29, 1919
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The Headlines
STREET BATTLES AT NIGHT; Five Negroes Are Killed in One Fight--Rioting Subsides at Midnight NINE WHITES AMONG DEAD Negroes Storm Armory in Effort to Obtain Arms and Ammunition.SOUTH SIDE TERRORIZEDGangs Stone Vehicles and Beat Up and Stab Lone Whitesand Blacks. The Night Victims. A Soldier Slain. Fierce Fight in the Street. The Call for the Troops. Lone Negro Is Stabbed. Mob Gathers About Hotel. 1,000 Extra Police in Black Belt. Fire From House Tops and Alleys.
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You Share a Birthday With
- Benito Mussolini (1883)
- Dag Hammarskjöld (1905)
- Alexis de Tocqueville (1805)
- Isidor Rabi (1898)
- Eyvind Johnson (1900)
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
39,028 days ago
(106 years, 338 days)