THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1861 – CONFEDERATES BEGAN SHELLING FT SUMTER — THE CIVIL WAR BEGINS 1877 – THE FIRST CATCHERS MASK IS USED IN BASEBALL (seems like an obvious piece of equipment, no?) 1945
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Thursday – April 11, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1921 – IOWA LEVIED THE FIRST STATE CIGARETTE TAX 1968 – LBJ SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL 1981 – LESS THAN TWO WEEKS AFTER HE WAS SHOT, PRESIDENT REAGAN RETURNED TO
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1790 – U.S. Patent system founded (This moment was a huge one for freedom and the ability to create wealth from one’s brain!) 1912 – The Titanic set sail… it did not
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1865 – Lee surrendered to Grant at Appomattox Court House, effectively ending the four year Civil War 1959 – Alan Shepard and John Glenn are among the group NASA introduced as
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1913 – The 17th Amendment is ratified — calling for the direct election of U.S. Senators 1935 – WPA (Works Progress Administration, part of the New Deal) is established to dig
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1614 – Pocahontas married John Rolfe 1792 – President Washington exercised his first veto — shutting down an effort to give northern states more House seats 1971 – Canadian Fran Phipps
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1818 – Congress adopted a flag with one star for each state 1949 – The treaty forming NATO was signed 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in Memphis
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – The Pony Express delivery service was launched. (When it absolutely, positively has to be there in three months.) 1930 – Ras Tafiri became emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia (He
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1792 – Congress authorized a mint in Philadelphia to start making $10 gold eagle coins, $5 1/2 eagles, etc. 1917 – President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany 1974
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY APRIL FOOL’S DAY ORIGINS? 1789 – PA’s Representative Frederick Muhlenberg is elected the very first Speaker of the House of Representatives 1918 Great Britain forms the Royal Air Force (RAF) 1946
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