THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1775 – THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION BEGINS AS FIGHTING BREAKS OUT AT LEXINGTON, MA 1897 – THE VERY FIRST BOSTON MARATHON WAS RUN (Currently the world’s oldest, annually-run marathon) 1933 – AMERICA
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THURSDAY – APRIL 18, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1906 – MASSIVE 8.5 EARTHQUAKE HITS SAN FRANCISCO (ENRICO CARUSO’S ACCOUNT OF THE DAY IS AMAZING) 1923 – YANKEES STADIUM OPENS, BABE RUTH CRUSHED THREE HOME RUNS, NY BEAT BOSTON 4-1 1950
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1705 – QUEEN ANNE MAKES ISAAC NEWTON A KNIGHT 1922 – ANNIE OAKLEY HITS 100 CLAY TARGETS OUT OF 100 — SETTING A WOMAN’S SHOOTING RECORD 1947 – THE ZOOM LENS
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1755 – SAMUEL JOHNSON’S ‘DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE’ IS PUBLISHED 1865 – PRESIDENT LINCOLN PASSED AWAY THE DAY AFTER BEING SHOT IN FORD’S THEATER 1912 – THE TITANIC SANK AFTER
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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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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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