THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1860 – ABRAHAM LINCOLN GETS A LETTER FROM AN 11-YR-OLD GIRL SUGGESTING A BEARD MIGHT HELP HIS APPEARANCE 1878 – THOMAS EDISON FOUNDED THE EDISON ELECTRIC LIGHT COMPANY 1951 – ‘I
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Monday – October 14, 2019
THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1912 – WHILE DELIVERING A SPEECH IN MILWAUKEE, FORMER PRESIDENT TEDDY ROOSEVELT IS SHOT AND WOUNDED BY A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN… PAPERS IN HIS POCKET SAVED HIS LIFE AND ROOSEVELT INSISTED ON
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1906 – SF SCHOOL BOARD. ORDERED THE SEGREGATION OF ‘ORIENTAL’ CHILDREN – SPARKING OUTRAGE FROM JAPANESE 1950 – THE FCC OK’S CBS TO START BROADCASTING TELEVISION PROGRAMS IN COLOR 1975 –
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1845 – THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY OPENED IN ANNAPOLIS, MD 1935 – GERSHWIN’S ‘PORGY AND BESS’ DEBUTED ON BROADWAY 1953 – THE U.S. AND SOUTH KOREA SIGN A MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1871 – FIRES IN THE MIDWEST — THE GREAT CHICAGO FIRE STARTS… ANOTHER MASSIVE FIRE IN PESHTIGO, WISCONSIN KILLED 1,182 PEOPLE 1918 – U.S. ARMY CPL ALVIN C. YORK KILLED 28
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1895 – NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND HOSTED GOLF’S FIRST U.S. OPEN TOURNAMENT 1927 – SCULPTOR GUTZON BORGLUM BEGINS WORK ON ‘MOUNT RUSHMORE’ MONUMENT 1957 – THE SPACE RACE BEGINS AS SOVIETS SURPRISED
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1226 – FRANCISCAN ORDER FOUNDER ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI PASSED AWAY 1955 – TWO HUGE TV SHOWS DEBUTED… THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB AND CAPTAIN KANGAROO1990 – AFTER 45 YEARS APART, EAST
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1919 – PRESIDENT WOODROW WILSON SUFFERED A STROKE — HE WAS PARTIALLY PARALYZED 1950 – CHARLIE BROWN, SNOOPY, LUCY AND THE GANG APPEARED FOR THE FIRST TIME AS THE ‘PEANUTS’ CARTOON
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1847 – AMERICAN ASTRONOMER MARIA MITCHELL DISCOVERS A COMET — SAME DAY SHE WAS ELECTED TO THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF THE ARTS (THE FIRST WOMAN TO BE SO HONORED) 1908 –
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