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

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1844 – Samuel Morse taps out the first telegraph message.

 

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

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

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1908 –  1st passenger flight in an airplane

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1958 “Dracula” film starring Christopher Lee as the eponymous vampire, directed by Terence Fisher is the first Hammar Horror film released

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1877 – Chief Crazy Horse surrenders to U.S. troops in Nebraska. Crazy Horse brought General George Custer to his end.

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Posted on April 29, 2019 by Chris Enss

1861 – The Maryland House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union.