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October 21 1824: Joseph Aspdin patented Portland cement in England. 1921: President Warren G. Harding delivered the first speech by a sitting President against…
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October 14 222: Pope Callixtus Iwas killed by a mob in Rome’s Trastevere after a five-year reign. 1066: King Harold II of England…
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October 7 3761 BC: Reference origin date of the modern Hebrew calendar. 2003: An historic recall election took place in California in which the…
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September 30 .1882: The world’s first commercial hydroelectric power plant (later known as Appleton Edison Light Company) began operation on the Fox River in…
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September 23 1909: The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, was first published…
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September 23 1909: The Phantom of the Opera (original title: Le Fantôme de l’Opéra), a novel by French writer Gaston Leroux, was first published…
THIS WEEK IN HISTORY & PUZZLES
September 16 1630: The settlement of Shawmut was renamed Boston. 1857: The song “Jingle Bells” by James Pierpont was copyrighted under its original title,…
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September 9 1776: The American Congress decided on the name “United States.” 1947: The first actual case of a computer bug occurred when…
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September 2 1752: Great Britain and its American colonies adopted the Gregorian calendar, almost two centuries after most of Western Europe. 1789: The U.S….
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August 26 1920: The 19th Amendment to U.S. Constitution went into effect, giving women the right to vote. 1939: The first televised Major League…