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Nov 25, 2017
The Great Appalachian Storm of November 1950
With devastating hurricanes battering the American coast every few years, I wanted to focus on a powerful Nor’easter today. It’s like an inland hurricane that…
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Nov 24, 2017
Lee Harvey Oswald Shot By Jack Ruby
In this entry, I want to focus on the fatal shooting of Lee Harvey…
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Nov 10, 2017
The Wilmington Insurrection
This story is from 1898, yet it has all the hallmarks of 2017. Racism, white supremacy, paramilitary groups, overthrow of the government, fake news… When are we going to break…
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Nov 7, 2017
Canadian Pacific Railway Completed
America built the Transcontinental Railroad. Then Canada built one of their own. It was longer, and built in worse conditions, in even less time. Good for you, Canada.
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Nov 6, 2017
Tammy Baldwin Elected to U.S. Senate
Eighteen LGBTQ+ people have ever been elected to the U.S. Congress. Thirteen of them have been out while in office. Seven of them have been out when elected. Two of…
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Nov 5, 2017
Gen. George B. McClellan Relieved of Command
You know how your history teachers told you about how most northerners thought the U.S. Civil War would only last a few weeks, or a few months at most…
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Nov 4, 2017
Nellie Tayloe Ross Elected Governor of Wyoming
A mere four years after women won the vote, this woman, a Democrat in Republican Wyoming, made history.
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Nov 2, 2017
KDKA in Pittsburgh Makes First Commercial Radio Broadcast
This isn’t anything like the very first transmission or anything, but as far as the relationship technology and culture have, this event is a…
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Oct 26, 2017
Erie Canal Opens
Designed and built by a team of beginners with almost no Civil Engineering experience, the Erie Canal was a huge gamble that completely revolutionized transport in America. The Erie Canal…
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Oct 24, 2017
Chinese Massacre of 1871
The largest mass lynching in American history didn’t happen in the South, and it didn’t involve African-Americans. Just one more reason why white supremacists should be shut down…
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