Progress? THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1818 – lllinois (the S is silent) became the 21st state 1847 – Frederick Douglas established, The North Star, an anti-slavery newspaper 1947 – Marlon Brando and Jessica Tandy star in the
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Wednesday – Dec 2, 2020
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1804 – Napoleon Bonaparte crowned himself Emperor of France 1867 – People lined up for miles to hear Charles Dickens give his first reading in NYC 1927 – Ford introduces the
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1862 – President Lincoln delivers his State of the Union address 1878 – Alexander Graham Bell installed the first phone in the White House for President Rutherford B. Hayes 1885 –
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