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This subreddit was formed in late 2013 to document World War I, day by day as it developed. It covers social, political, military and cultural developments in combatant countries and noncombatants alike. Its particular emphasis is on pointing out the most striking similarities and differences from the problems humanity faces today.


Rules

  1. All submissions must deal with things that happened exactly 100 years ago, using the Gregorian calendar. August 5, 2014 is all about August 5, 1914.

  2. Start the title of your submission with the relevant date in brackets: [August 5, 1915], for example. If you want to discuss the subreddit itself use [Meta].

  3. Follow reddiquette. Be nice to each other.


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How can you participate? Search for and post interesting articles from 100 years ago today. You don't have to do it everyday, but each submission helps us learn what was happening a century ago.



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[January 18th, 1925] "PARIS COMPACT STIRS IRRECONCILABLES, WHO FEAR THAT EUROPE IS ENTANGLING US; JOHNSON CALLS FOR COPY OF AGREEMENT" (New York Times)

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[January 18, 1925] A one day snowfall of 9.8” made it the worst in Wichita Falls, Texas history.

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[Jan 18th, 1925] "Muncie Police Snare Chapman, King Of Crooks" "The Gentleman Bandit" Gerald Chapman was apprehended on a street in Muncie, Indiana. On his person he had $5,000 cash, $3,000 in bonds, $500 worth of jewelry, a pint of nitroglycerin, burglary tools and part of a sawed-through padlock.

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[January 18th, 1925] "Santa Monica, California: Pauline Starke, MGM screen player, is a devotee of surfboard riding. Here she is with her favorite surfboard "Glorietta.""

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2025/01/18
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[January 18th, 1925] "Fitting End For The Bad Weather Enthusiast".

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2025/01/18
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[Jan 18, 1925] Sure, vampire bats are real, but this article acts like they’re teaming up with Dracula to start a blood bank. Honestly, it’s the perfect mix of science, spooky, and straight-up nonsense. Read it and laugh (but maybe sleep with garlic just in case.)

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2025/01/18
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[January 18th, 1925] Gilles Deleuze, a French philosopher, is born in Paris.

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2025/01/18
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[January 18th, 1925] J.C.H. Macbeth, a code expert, believes crossword puzzles are a significant educational factor, enhancing language skills and sparking conversation, and challenging creators to craft puzzles with literary value.

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2025/01/18
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[January 18th, 1925] Miami students and teachers are enthusiastic about cross-word puzzles, using them as homework and extra credit in Latin and Spanish classes, with some schools even offering puzzle courses.

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2025/01/18
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[January 17th, 1925] A 4,000-year-old 'cross-word puzzle' called the Phaestus Disk, found on Crete, may be the world's oldest. Its meaning remains undeciphered.

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2025/01/17
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[January 17th, 1925] The Texas Cowboy Monument was dedicated near the Texas State Capitol

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2025/01/17
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[January 17th, 1925] President Coolidge urges newspaper editors to avoid propaganda, separate news from business, and appeal to American idealism. He praises U.S. newspapers as the world's best and expresses no fear of a "capitalistic press."

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2025/01/17
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[Jan 17, 1925] President Calvin Coolidge posed with Osage leaders to acknowledge their struggles during a time of attention to the Osage murders and exploitation. Did you see the movie Killers of the Flower Moon? This is them.

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2025/01/17
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[January 17, 1925] Seiberling tired advertisement. . . before certain symbols took on their later meaning.

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2025/01/17
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[January 17, 1925] The Country Gentleman

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2025/01/17
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[January 17th, 1925] President Coolidge gave a speech to the American Society of Newspaper Editors in which he declared "the chief business of the American people is business" (often quoted as "the business of America is business").

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2025/01/17
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[January 17th, 1925] The Inquiring Reporter asks, "Do you feel repaid for the time spent on cross-word puzzles?"

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[January 17th, 1925] "Mussolini Lets Chamber Change Election Bill. Eliminates Plural Vote to Please Labor."

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2025/01/17
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[January 17th, 1925] "Patriotism and the British Climate."

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2025/01/17
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[January 16, 1925] Lebanese politician who served as the 27th Prime Minister of Lebanon from 1980 until 1984, Shafik Wazzan, is born in Beirut, Lebanon

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2025/01/16
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[January 16, 1925] A plane landing on the deck of the aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of San Diego, California.

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2025/01/16
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[January 16th, 1925] At the University of Michigan, discussions about smoking among female students have sparked debate. Some, including a physician, argue that smoking is not physically harmful or morally degrading, while others advocate for restrictions. (The Purdue Exponent)

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2025/01/16
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[January 16th, 1925] Jack Delaney, a Bridgeport middleweight, knocked out Tiger Flowers, an Atlanta negro boxer, in the second round of a 12-round match at Madison Square Garden, ending Flowers' promising career after just 43 seconds of the round.

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2025/01/16
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[January 16th, 1925] Paavo Nurmi, the Finnish running sensation, set his seventh indoor world record in Chicago, defeating American champion Joie Ray by half a lap in a mile and three-quarters race. Nurmi, who had just arrived from New York where he broke three records, completed the race in 7:55.2.

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2025/01/16
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[January 16th, 1925] Yale won an intercollegiate crossword puzzle contest at the Hotel Roosevelt, edging out Harvard, Princeton, and City College by one word, "entasis." Wellesley won the women's division.

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2025/01/16
15:59 UTC

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[January 16th, 1925] Fordham's basketball team inaugurated their new court with a decisive 46-16 win over Boston College. Despite the score, BC showed excellent teamwork and basketball skills. Key players for Fordham included Murphy, Carroll, and Delaney, while BC's standout was Zakszewski.

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