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Consumer Price Index: 12.8
Unemployment: 4.6%
Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.02 ($0.03 as
of 11/3/17)
• U.S. declares war with Germany (Apr. 6).
• First U.S. combat troops arrive in France as
U.S. declares war on Germany (April 6).
• Third Battle of Ypres is fought.
• "I Want You." James Montgomery Flagg's poster,
featuring Uncle Sam and based on a 1914 British
poster, attracts thousands of U.S. recruits to
WWI duty.
• Dutch dancer Mata Hari is convicted and
executed as a German spy.
• Government offices are seized and the
Romanov's Winter Palace is stormed in Russian
October Revolution.
• World-wide influenza pandemic strikes; by
1920, nearly 20 million are dead. In U.S. alone,
500,000 perish.
• Between ten thousand and fifteen thousand
blacks silently walk down New York City's Fifth
Avenue to protest racial discrimination and
violence (July 28).
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Kiwanis International Convention 2010
Las Vegas, June 24 - 27, 2010
Las Vegas Convention Center
From October 1–January 31, 2010 you can register
for the Kiwanis International Convention at this
year’s rate—and save US$55. After January 31,
2010, you can sign up at the preregistration
price of $250. Be an early bird! Plan ahead and
save big. And see Leno live!
All information regarding the convention and
registration web pages and forms can be accessed
through the District website (www.uikiwanis.org).
Click on Upcoming Events in the navigation area
or go directly to: http://www.uikiwanis.org/public_district
/pub_Content.aspx?Page=346 |
