THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1797 – THE FRIGATE ‘U.S. CONSTITUTION’ (OLD IRONSIDES) IS LAUNCHED FROM BOSTON HARBOR 1879 – EDISON INVENTS A WORKABLE INCANDESCENT ELECTRIC LIGHTBULB 1959 – THE FRANK LLOYD WRIGHT-DESIGNED GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM OPENED
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1931 – AL CAPONE IS CONVICTED OF TAX EVASION AND SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS IN PRISON 1933 – ALBERT EINSTEIN FLEES NAZI GERMANY AND COMES TO AMERICA…SETTLING IN PRINCETON, NJ 1979
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1793 – MARIE ANTOINETTE LOST HER HEAD… FOR TREASON 1916 – MARGARET SANGER OPENS THE FIRST BIRTH CONTROL CLINIC IN NYC 1964 – CHINA DETONATED AN ATOMIC BOMB 1978 – JOHN
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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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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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