THIS DAY IN HISTORY 270 – St Valentine is beheaded by order of Claudius the Cruel (Why? He kept marrying people…) 1779 – Captain Cook is killed by Hawaiian natives on his third visit to the
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MONDAY – FEBRUARY 13, 2023
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1822 – Jeremiah Bailey of Chester County, PA patented the lawn mower 1936 – The first Social Security checks are mailed 1970 – GM rumored to be building engines to run
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1763 – After 7 years, the French and Indian Wars come to an end with Paris Treaty 1962 – The US and USSR swap spies after the Francis Gary Powers U2
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1825 – The House elects a President — John Quincy Adams (who lost the popular vote) 1894 – Hershey’s Chocolate Company is founded 1951 – Actress Greta Garbo becomes a US
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1725 – Peter the Great dies and is succeeded by his wife, Catherine 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is incorporated 1922 – President Harding has a radio installed in
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1937 – Steinbeck’s “Of Mice & Men” is published 1952 – King George VI dies, Elizabeth becomes Queen 1968 – The Winter Olympics are opened by Charles DeGaul in France 1993
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1815 – Switzerland opens the world’s first commercial cheese factory 1912 – Rules for football are established, field shortened to 100 yards, TD=6 points, 4 downs, etc. 1924 – Woodrow Wilson
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1659 – Four years after planting a vineyard in South Africa, Jan van Riebeek made some wine 1795 – France offered a prize of 12,000 first francs to the person who invented
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1781 – It took four years, but the Articles of Confederation are ratified 1872 – President Grant establishes Yellowstone National Park 1894 – The first edition of the Oxford English Dictionary
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