THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1776 – THE COLLEGE OF WILLIAM & MARY ORGANIZED PHI BETA KAPPA – THE COUNTRY’S FIRST SCHOLASTIC FRATERNITY 1848 – PRESIDENT POLK CONFIRMED GOLD WAS DISCOVERED IN CALIFORNIA… TRIGGERING THE RUSH
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Wed – December 4, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 0771 – Charlemagne becomes the sole leader of the Frankish Europe 1783 – George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in NYC 1816 – Electors select
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1818 – ILLINOIS JOINS THE UNION — THE 21ST STATE 1833 – OHIO’S OBERLIN COLLEGE IS THE FIRST CO-ED INSTITUTION OF HIGHER EDUCATION 1947 – ‘A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE’ OPENED ON
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1804 – POPE PIUS VII CROWNED NAPOLEON BONAPARTE EMPEROR OF FRANCE 1861 – PRESIDENT LINCOLN DELIVERED THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO CONGRESS 1942 – THE FIRST CONTROLLED NUCLEAR CHAIN
Read moreWed. – November 27, 2019
HAPPY THANKSGIVING! THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1095 – ‘DEUS VULT!’ POPE URBAN II ORDERED THE FIRST CRUSADE TO RECLAIM THE HOLY LAND FROM MUSLIMS 1910 – PENNSYLVANIA STATION OPENED IN NYC 1973 – THE U.S.
Read moreTuesday – November 26, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – PRESIDENT WASHINGTON DECLARED THE FIRST NATIONAL THANKSGIVING DAY 1922 – LORD CARNAVON AND HOWARD CARTER OPEN KING TUT’S TOMB (THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1323 B.C.) 1941 – FDR SIGNED
Read moreMonday – November 25, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1783 – GEORGE WASHINGTON LEADS THE TROOPS INTO NYC AS THE LAST BRITISH TROOPS LEAVE (The British had taken NYC in 1776.) 1952 – AGATHA CHRISTIE’S ‘THE MOUSETRAP’ OPENED IN LONDON
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1906 – S.O.S. IS ADOPTED AS A UNIVERSAL DISTRESS SIGNAL 1942 – ‘CASABLANCA’ PRIEMERED IN NYC 1963 – PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS KILLED IN DALLAS 1990 – BRITISH PRIME MINSTER MARGARET THATCHER
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Wednesday – Nov. 20, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – NJ RATIFIED THE BILL OF RIGHTS — THE FIRST STATE TO DO SO 1945 – THE NAZI WAR CRIMES TRIALS BEGIN IN NUREMBERG 1962 – JFK AGREED TO LIFT
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