THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1827 – New Orleans held its first Mardi Gras 1844 – The Dominican Republic declares its independence 1908 – A 46th star is added to the US Flag — for Oklahoma
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1836 – The Alamo defenders call for help! 1868 – Andrew Johnson is impeached (mostly for removing the Secretary of War) 1938 – Dupont starts making toothbrushes out of nylon… no
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1861 – President-Elect Lincoln arrives in Washington, DC in secret 1896 – The Tootsie Roll is introduced in NYC by Leo HIrschfield (Named for his 5yr-old daughter) 1921 – Air mail plane
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1732 – George Washington’s birthday 1819 – The US acquires Spanish Florida 1879 – Franks Woolworth opened his first “Great Five Cents Store” in Utica, NY 1935 – FDR bars flights
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1848 – Karl Marx published his Communist Manifesto 1885 – The Washington Monument is dedicated 1931 – Alka-Seltzer is introduced by Miles Labs 1948 – NASCAR is formed 1960 – Havana
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1703 – The Mount Gay Estate starts distilling rum… the oldest existing rum distillery in the world. 1792 – George Washington established the Post Office as a cabinet post 1939 –
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1801 – Thomas Jefferson is elected POTUS #3 1904 – ‘Madame Butterfly’ premiered at LaScala in Milan 1930 – Astronomer Clyde William Tombaugh discovered Pluto 1947 – Voice of America begins
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1923 – Archeologist Howard Carter opens King Tut’s tomb… 1937 – DuPont patents nylon thread — which replace silk in many products 1952 – The FBI arrests 10 members of the
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National Gum Drop Day THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1898 – The USS Maine explodes in Havana harbor 1903 – The first Teddy Bears are sold (with the approval of Teddy Roosevelt) 1933 – FDR escaped
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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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