THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1851 – ‘Call me Ishmael…” HERMAN MELVILLE’S ‘MOBY DICK’ IS PUBLISHED 1889 – NELLIE BLY STARTS HER QUEST TO GO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 80 DAYS (SHE DID IT
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Wednesday – Nov. 13, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1835 – TEXANS OFFICIALLY PROCLAIMED INDEPENDENCE FROM MEXICO — THE LONE STAR REPUBLIC 1940 – WALT DISNEY’S ‘FANTASIA’ DEBUTED IN THEATERS (YOU SHOULD SEE IT IN A THEATER) 1942 – THE
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Monday – November 11, 2019
– VETERANS DAY DEALS ARE HERE – THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1909 – CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON A NAVAL BASE AT PEARL HARBOR 1919 — WWI ENDS AS THE ARMISTICE IS SIGNED ON THE 11TH HOUR,
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Thursday – Nov 7, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1665 – THE LONDON GAZETTE IS FIRST PUBLISHEDÂ 1944 – FDR BEATS DEWEY TO WIN HIS 4TH PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION (HE WOULD NOT FINISH THE TERM) 1967 – PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNED THE
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ELECTED THE 16TH PRESIDENT1911 – MAINE BECOMES A ‘DRY’ STATE 1917 – LED BY LENIN, THE BOLSHEVIK REVOLUTION BEGINS IN RUSSIA 1945 – THE 1ST LANDING
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1842 – ABE LINCOLN MARRIED MARY TODD 1922 – KING TUT’S TOMB IS DISCOVERED IN EGYPT BY HOWARD CARTER 1979 – IRANIAN MILITANTS SEIZED THE AMERICAN EMBASSY IN TEHRAN, IRAN… 90
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1838 – OHIO’S OBERLIN COLLEGE IS THE FIRST IN AMERICA TO ADMIT FEMALE STUDENTS 1938 – ORSON WELLES’ RADIO BROADCAST ‘WAR OF THE WORLDS’ SPAKED A NATIONWIDE PANIC 1945 – SHOE
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1929 – THE NY STOCK EXCHANGE CRASHED, TRIGGERING THE GREAT DEPRESSION 1945 – THE FIRST BALL POINT PEN GOES ON SALE… IT COST $12 (WHICH WAS A HUGE PRICE BACK THEN)
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