THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1828 – Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary 1865 – President Lincoln assassinated by John Wilkes Booth 1912 – The Titanic hits an iceberg (This voyage for the
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1865 – General Lee surrendered to General Grant at the court house at Appomattox, VA 1959 – NASA announced the selection of America’s first astronauts 1963 – Winston Churchill becomes the
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Life in the time of the Virus THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – The Pony Express started delivering mail from St Joseph, MO to Sacramento, CA (it took 10 days) 1956 – An estimated 25%
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1513 – Ponce de Leon landed in Florida while searching for the Fountain of Youth (He ‘discovered’ The Villages.) 1792 – Congress authorized the US Mint in Philadelphia 1917 – President Woodrow Wilson
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1778 – Oliver Pollack invented the dollar sign $ 1789 – Who was the first Speaker of the House? Frank Muhlenberg of PA was the very first one to hold that
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