THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1818 – Congress adopted a flag with one star for each state 1949 – The treaty forming NATO was signed 1968 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was assassinated in Memphis
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – The Pony Express delivery service was launched. (When it absolutely, positively has to be there in three months.) 1930 – Ras Tafiri became emperor Halle Selassie of Ethiopia (He
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1792 – Congress authorized a mint in Philadelphia to start making $10 gold eagle coins, $5 1/2 eagles, etc. 1917 – President Wilson asks Congress to declare war on Germany 1974
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY APRIL FOOL’S DAY ORIGINS? 1789 – PA’s Representative Frederick Muhlenberg is elected the very first Speaker of the House of Representatives 1918 Great Britain forms the Royal Air Force (RAF) 1946
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1638 – A permanent European community is established in Delaware 1867 – The U.S. purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million 1886 – Dr. Pemberton sells his Coca-Cola at a drug
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1512 – Ponce de Leon reportedly discovers Florida — founding The Villages 1794 – Congress OK’s the funding of six frigates (USS Constitution among them) for the Navy 1912 – Japan’s
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1885 – The Eastman Film Company starts manufacturing the first commercial movie camera 1953 – Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine against polio 1954 – The U.S. tests a hydrogen
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1911 – A fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in NYC killed 146 – bringing workers safety to the forefront 1954 – RCA starts manufacturing color televisions 1965 – Dr King
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1630 – Boston enacts law prohibiting gambling 1765 – Brits slap the first direct tax on the colonists with the Stamp Act (it kinda backfired on them) 1904 – The London
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1841 – Edgar Allen Poe’s “Murders in the Rue Morgue” is published — the first detective story 1852 – “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” by Harriet Beecher Stowe is published1854 – The Republican
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