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Post by BillG on Oct 16, 2024 4:57:07 GMT -5
Who Knew??? October 16TH is "National Fossil Day"!
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Post by soutxed on Oct 16, 2024 8:18:12 GMT -5
October 16, 1854, Abraham Lincoln presents his Peoria Speech, denouncing recent federal legislation extending slavery, on the lawn of the Peoria County Courthouse in Peoria, Illinois.
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Post by johnmori on Oct 16, 2024 12:10:30 GMT -5
Who knew???
October 16, 162 Cuban Missile Crisis begins: U.S. President John F. Kennedy is informed of photos taken on October 14 by a U-2 showing nuclear missiles (the crisis will last for 13 days starting from this point).
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Post by VanIsleRover on Oct 16, 2024 13:31:51 GMT -5
Who Knew??
16 October 1847
English novelist Charlotte Brontë (under the pseudonym Currer Bell) published Jane Eyre, which became a classic noted for giving new truthfulness to the Victorian novel.
1846
William Thomas Green Morton first demonstrated the use of ether as a general anesthetic before a gathering of physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Post by MidnightSun on Oct 16, 2024 20:25:52 GMT -5
The oldest still-operating amusement park in the world opened in Denmark in 1583. The Guinness World Records lists Bakken in Klampenborg, Denmark, as the oldest still-operating amusement park in the world. The park, which opened in 1583, 441 years ago, features more than 150 attractions, including a wooden roller coaster that was built in 1932.
According to the records book, Bakken wasn't totally unique in its time. "In medieval Europe, most major cities featured what is the origin of the amusement park: the pleasure gardens," they write. "These gardens featured live entertainment, fireworks, dancing, games, and some primitive amusement rides." Who knew?
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