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Friday, December 19, 1919
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The Headlines
Capt. Alcock, First Ocean Flier, Is Hurt by Fall in Normandy
Read in The New York Times →Best-selling Sheet Music
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles
John Kellette
The must-have
Lincoln Logs
You Share a Birthday With
- Édith Piaf (1915)
- Leonid Brezhnev (1906)
- Albert A. Michelson (1852)
- Philip V of Spain (1683)
- Mileva Marić (1875)
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
38,885 days ago
(106 years, 195 days)