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Posted on April 13, 2025April 13, 2025 by Chris Enss

1865 – President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C.

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1928 – Mae West‘s NYC debut in a daring new play “Diamond Lil”

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1959 – Oklahoma ends prohibition, after 51 years

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1930 – “The Blue Angel” starring Marlene Dietrich in her breakthrough role premieres in Germany

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1881 – “Greatest Show On Earth” formed by P. T. Barnum and James Anthony Bailey

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Posted on March 25, 2025 by Chris Enss

1804 – The Louisiana Purchase was divided into the District of Louisiana and the Territory of Orleans

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1932 – 1st US radio broadcast from a moving train (Belle Baker WABC from MD)

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1872 – Illinois becomes 1st state to require sexual equality in employment

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1847 – US Post Office Department is authorized to issue postage stamps

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1929 – US President Calvin Coolidge establishes Grand Teton National Park

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