“But on the first day of the week, at early dawn, they came to the tomb bringing the spices which they had prepared. And they found the stone rolled away from the tomb, but when they entered, they did not…
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Ok, I’m three days late on this, but I just saw/found this:
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Probably the last “On This Day…” – with the new job, there just isn’t time. From on-this-day.com 1946 The first drive-up banking facility opened at the Exchange National Bank in Chicago, IL 1954 Ellis Island, the immigration station in New…
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From on-this-day.com 1620 The Mayflower Compact was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower when they landed in what is now Provincetown Harbor near Cape Cod. The compact called for “just and equal laws 1851 The telescope was patented…
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From on-this-day.com 1483 Martin Luther was born 1801 The U.S. state of Tennessee outlawed the practice of dueling 1951 Direct-dial, coast-to-coast telephone service began when Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood, NJ, called his counterpart in Alameda, CA 1970 The…
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From on-this-day.com 1906 U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt left for Panama. It was the first foreign trip by a U.S. president 1918 Germany’s Kaiser Wilhelm II announced he would abdicate. He then fled to the Netherlands 1923 In Munich, the Beer…
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From on-this-day.com 1805 The “Corps of Discovery” reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was lead by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804, with the goal of exploring the Louisiana Purchase territory 1889 Montana…
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From on-this-day.com 1874 The Republican party of the U.S. was first symbolized as an elephant in a cartoon by Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly. 1893 The state of Colorado granted its women the right to vote. 1916 Jeanette Rankin of…
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1860 Abraham Lincoln was elected to be the 16th President 1861 Jefferson Davis was elected President of the Confederate States of America 1935 Edwin H. Armstrong announced his development of FM broadcasting 1984 For the first time in 193 years,…
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1872 Susan B. Anthony was fined $100 (which she never paid) for attempting to vote in the presidential election. 1935 Parker Brothers introduced “Monopoly” 1940 Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first President to be elected to a third term 1959…
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1842 Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd 1879 Will Rogers was born 1916 Walter Cronkite was born 1954 Yanni was born 1979 Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran, beginning the Iranian Hostage Crisis. 1995 Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin…
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1507 Leonardo DaVinci was commissioned to paint the Mona Lisa by the husband of Lisa Gherardini 1796 John Adams was elected the second U.S. President 1953 Dennis Miller (comedian) was born 1975 “Good Morning America” premiered 1998 Jesse Ventura was…
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1889 North & South Dakota became the 39th & 40th States 1917 Arthur Balfour, the British Foreign Secretary, expressed support for a national home for the Jews in the Holy Land. 1948 The Chicago Tribune headlined “Dewey Defeats Truman”
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1800 John Adams became the first president to live in the White House 1952 An attempt was made to assassinate President Harry Truman 1952 The U.S. detonated the first Hydrogen Bomb 1962 “The Lucy Show” Premiered
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1517 Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of Wittenberg Palace Church starting the reformation 1864 Nevada becomes the 36th State 1892 The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is published 1926 Harry Houdini Dies of complications from a ruptured…