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This Day…

1903 – Women ushers were employed for the first time at the Majestic Theatre in New York City.

1918 – US army of occupation crosses Rhine, enters Germany

1869 – Women suffrage (right to vote) granted in Wyoming Territory (US 1st).

1878 – Joseph Pulitzer buys St Louis Dispatch for $2,500

1865 – 13th Amendment of the United States Constitution is ratified, abolishing slavery.

1933 – Jack Kirkland’s play “Tobacco Road” premieres in NYC, became the longest-running play of its time.

1867 – Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.

1842 – Mount St Helens in Washington erupts

1789 – Benjamin Franklin writes “Nothing . . . certain but death & taxes”.