THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1889 – THE FIRST COIN-OPERATED TELEPHONE IS PATENTED BY WILLIAM GRAY 1942 – DISNEY’S ‘BAMBI’ OPENED IN RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NYC 1961 – THE BORDER BETWEEN EAST AND WEST
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Monday – August 12, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1851 – ISAAC SINGER GETS A PATENT FOR HIS SEWING MACHINE 1865 – SURGERY GOT SAFER AS JOSEPH LISTER STARTED USING ANTISEPTIC! 1935 – FDR SIGNED THE SOCIAL SECURITY BILL INTO
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Today’s Two-Minute Drill 32 Rules To Raise Our Sons THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1782 – GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON AUTHORIZED THE ‘PURPLE HEART’ FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS 1789 – CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE WAR DEPARTMENT 1990 – PRESIDENT
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 47 — ‘VENI, VIDI, VICI’ — (I CAME, I SAW, I CONQUERED) CAESER WINS HISTORIC BATTLE IN SYRIA 1909 – THE FIRST LINCOLN PENNY WAS MINTED 1943 – LT JOHN F
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1588 – THE SPANISH ARMADA IS SPOTTED OFF THE COAST OF ENGLAND — 8 HOURS LATER, THE BRITS HAD WON 1890 – ARTIST VINCENT VAN GOGH DIED OF SUICIDE – A
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1775 – THE SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS ESTABLISHED THE POSTAL SYSTEM, BEN FRANKLIN IS POSTMASTER 1788 – NEW YORK BECOMES THE 11TH STATE IN THE UNION 1920 – THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1865 – WILLIAM BOOTH FOUNDED THE SALVATION ARMY 1868 – THE 14TH AMENDMENT IS RATIFIED, GRANTING CITIZENSHIP TO AFRICAN AMERICANS 1995 – ALAN HALE AND THOMAS BOPP DISCOVERED A NEW COMET
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1796 – GENERAL MOSES CLEVELAND FOUNDED THE CITY OF MOSES, OHIO — WRONG! CLEVELAND! 1933 – WILEY POST FLEW SOLO AROUND THE WORLD IN LESS THAN 8 DAYS 1934 – JOHN
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1799 – THE ROSETTA STONE IS FOUND IN EGYPT — IT HELPED TRANSLATE HIEROGLYPHICS INTO GREEK 1848 – THE VERY FIRST WOMEN’S RIGHTS CONVENTION IS HELD IN SENECA FALLS, NY 1941
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