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Posted on April 5, 2019 by Chris Enss

1887 Anne Sullivan teaches “water” to Helen Keller.

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1876 – 1st official NL baseball game (Boston-6, Phila-5)

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1954 – RCA manufactures its first color TV set and begins mass production.

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1852 – Harriet Beecher Stowe‘s Uncle Tom’s Cabin is published.

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Posted on March 18, 2019 by Chris Enss

1863 – Confederate women riot in Salisbury, N.C. to protest the lack of flour and salt in the South.

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1870 California legislature approves act making Golden Gate Park possible

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1888 – A disastrous blizzard hits the northeastern United States. Some 400 people die, mainly from exposure.

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1933 – U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered a four-day bank holiday in order to stop large amounts of money from being withdrawn from banks.

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Posted on February 20, 2019 by Chris Enss

1921 – The motion picture “The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse” was released starring Rudolph Valentino.

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Posted on February 15, 2019 by Chris Enss

1932 – George Burns and Gracie Allen debuted as regulars on “The Guy Lombardo Show” on CBS radio.