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Posted on June 10, 2019 by Chris Enss

1861 – Dorothea Dix is appointed superintendent of female nurses for the Union army.

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Posted on June 7, 2019 by Chris Enss

1769 – Daniel Boone begins to explore present-day Kentucky.

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1851 – Harriet Beecher Stowe publishes the first installment of Uncle Tom’s Cabin in The National Era.

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1932 – Lou Gehrig set a major league baseball record when he hit four consecutive home runs.

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Posted on May 29, 2019 by Chris Enss

1911 – The first running of the Indianapolis 500. Ray Harroun won at 74.59 mph

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Posted on May 28, 2019 by Chris Enss

1863 – The first black regiment left Boston to fight in the U.S. Civil War.

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Posted on May 24, 2019 by Chris Enss

1844 – Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message.

 

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Posted on May 22, 2019 by Chris Enss

In 1868, a major train robbery took place near Marshfield, Indiana, as members of the Reno gang made off with $96,000 in loot.

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Posted on May 20, 2019 by Chris Enss

1862 – US Homestead Act becomes law which provides cheap land for the settlement of the American West

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Posted on May 17, 2019 by Chris Enss

1877 – Edwin T Holmes installs 1st telephone switchboard burglar alarm