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May 29 1736: Patrick Henry (“Give me liberty or give me death”) was born in Hanover County, Virginia. 1790: Rhode Island ratified the U.S. Constitution….
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May 22 1849: Abraham Lincoln was issued a patent for an invention to lift boats over obstacles in a river, the only patent ever issued…
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May 15 1905: Las Vegas, Nev., was founded when 110 acres in what later would become downtown were auctioned off. 1928: The Walt Disney…
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May 8 1912: Paramount Pictures was founded in Hollywood, Calif. 1953: Born on this day: U.S. singer/songwriter Billy Burnette (Fleetwood Mac) and rock musician…
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May 1 1930: The dwarf planet Pluto was officially named. 1940: The 1940 Summer Olympics in Tokyo were cancelled due to war. 1956: The polio…
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April 24 1737: The first newspaper in the United States, the News-Letter, began publishing in Boston. 1800: The U.S. Library of Congress was established…
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April 10 1916: The Professional Golfers’ Association of America (PGA) was created in New York City. 1925: The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald…
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April 17 1949: Twenty-six of 32 Irish counties officially left the British Commonwealth and became the Republic of Ireland. 1965: The Ford Mustang was…
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April 3 1912: Calbraith Perry Rodgers became the first pilot to die in an airplane crash as a result of colliding with birds, in…
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March 27 1975: Construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System began. 1998: The Food and Drug Administration approved Viagra for use as a treatment for…