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Post by johnmori on Sept 4, 2020 6:59:06 GMT -5
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September 4, 1888
George Eastman registers the trademark Kodak and receives a patent for his camera that uses roll film.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 4, 2020 8:20:44 GMT -5
On Sept. 4, 1781, Los Angeles was founded by Spanish settlers under the leadership of Governor Felipe de Neve.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 4, 2020 8:21:49 GMT -5
September 4, 1950, The comic strip Beetle Bailey was launched.
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Post by BillG on Sept 4, 2020 10:06:43 GMT -5
Who knew??? On September 4, 1882 the Pearl Street Station in New York City becomes the first power plant to supply electricity to paying customers.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Sept 4, 2020 22:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Sept 5, 2020 0:03:50 GMT -5
In 1993, San Francisco held a referendum over whether a police officer named Bob Geary was
allowed to patrol while carrying a ventriloquist's dummy called Brendan O'Smarty. He was.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 5, 2020 9:10:37 GMT -5
September 5, 1972 Massacre at the Munich Olympics A group of Palestinian militants belonging to the Black September terrorist group stormed the apartment Israeli athletes were staying at the Olympic Village in Munich, Germany.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 5, 2020 9:11:20 GMT -5
September 4, 1836 Sam Houston is Elected President of Texas.
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Post by BillG on Sept 5, 2020 15:07:30 GMT -5
Who knew??? On September 5, 1946, Freddie Mercury, the frontman for the British rock band Queen and one of their principal songwriters, was born in Zanzibar (now Tanzania).
  
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Post by sandipaws on Sept 5, 2020 21:21:48 GMT -5
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Post by MidnightSun on Sept 6, 2020 2:09:27 GMT -5
Sigurd the Mighty, a ninth-century Norse earl of Orkney, was killed by an enemy he had beheaded several hours earlier. He'd tied the
man's head to his horse's saddle, but while riding home one of its protruding teeth grazed his leg. He died from the infection.
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Post by soutxed on Sept 6, 2020 8:33:02 GMT -5
September 6, 1870 A Woman casts her Vote in the US for the first time
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Post by johnmori on Sept 6, 2020 9:00:53 GMT -5
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September 6, 1995
Cal Ripken, Jr. of the Baltimore Orioles plays in his 2,131st consecutive game, breaking a record that had stood for 56 years.
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Post by BillG on Sept 6, 2020 9:06:28 GMT -5
Who knew??? On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley died eight days later.
 
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Post by sandipaws on Sept 6, 2020 22:11:31 GMT -5
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