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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Thursday – October 3, 2019
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 PARALYZEDÂ 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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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1846 – THE FIRST TOOTH REMOVED UNDER ANESTHESIA IS DONE IN CHARLESTON, MASSACHUSETTS 1927 – BABE RUTH CRUSHED HIS 60TH HOMER THAT SEASON, A RECORD THAT STOOD UNTIL 1961 WHEN ANOTHER
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1777 – THE BRITS LAUNCH A MAJOR OFFENSIVE AND CAPTURE PHILADELPHIA 1829 – SCOTLAND YARD IS FORMED1960 – NIXON AND KENNEDY APPEAR IN THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE 1969 – ‘ABBEY
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1789 – THE FIRST CONGRESS ADOPTED 12 AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION — THE FIRST TEN AMENDMENTS BECAME KNOWN AS THE BILL OF RIGHTS 1957 – MEMBERS OF THE U.S. ARMY ESCORT
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1779 – Aboard the American warship, the Bonhomme Richard, John Paul Jones declared, ‘I have not yet begun to fight.’ (We did defeat and capture the British ship, the Serapis. 1875
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1881 – CHESTER A. ARTHUR IS SWORN IN AS OUR 21ST PRESIDENT FOLLOWING THE DEATH OF PRESIDENT GARFIELD WHO DIED FROM INJURIES AFTER AN ASSASSIN SHOT HIM EARLIER IN THE YEARÂ (BY
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THIS DAY IN HISTORY 1793 – GEORGE WASHINGTON LAYS THE FOUNDATION STONE FOR THE U.S. CAPITOL 1851 – THE FIRST EDITION OF THE PAPER THAT WOULD BECOME THE NEW YORK TIMES IS PUBLISHED 1960 –
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