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Posted: May 6, 2015 - 6:35am
1937 – Hindenburg disaster: The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Thirty-six people are killed.

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Posted: May 5, 2015 - 6:08am
1934 – The first Three Stooges short, Woman Haters, is released.

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Posted: May 4, 2015 - 6:13am

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Posted: May 1, 2015 - 5:49am
1840 – The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

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Posted: May 1, 2015 - 5:49am
1786 – In Vienna, Austria, Mozart's opera The Marriage of Figaro is performed for the first time.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2015 - 8:07am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1966 – The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco. At first I thought that said "Church of Stan" — you know: the Polish guy who runs the butcher shop.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2015 - 6:20am
1966 – The Church of Satan is established at the Black House in San Francisco.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2015 - 6:19am
1938 – The animated cartoon short Porky's Hare Hunt debuts in movie theaters, introducing Happy Rabbit (a prototype of Bugs Bunny).

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Posted: Apr 30, 2015 - 6:18am
1900 – Casey Jones dies in a train wreck in Vaughan, Mississippi, while trying to make up time on the Cannonball Express.

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Posted: Apr 30, 2015 - 6:17am
642 – Chindasuinth is proclaimed king by the Visigothic nobility and bishops. The Maxigoths and Minigoths are not pleased.

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Posted: Apr 23, 2015 - 5:53am
2005 – First YouTube video uploaded, titled "Me at the zoo".

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Posted: Apr 23, 2015 - 5:50am
1914 – First baseball game at Wrigley Field, then known as Weeghman Park in Chicago.

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Posted: Apr 22, 2015 - 10:57am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: ...and they immediately turn into anti-government, anti-immigrant yayhoos, or did that take a while? Actually, quite a lot of them broke the rules of the run by sneaking onto the land the night before. Hence the name: "Sooners." So much like Australia, Oklahoma is a place founded by criminals.

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Posted: Apr 22, 2015 - 10:44am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1889 – At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000. ...and they immediately turn into anti-government, anti-immigrant yayhoos, or did that take a while?

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Posted: Apr 22, 2015 - 10:29am
1889 – At noon, thousands rush to claim land in the Land Rush of 1889. Within hours the cities of Oklahoma City and Guthrie are formed with populations of at least 10,000.

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Posted: Apr 1, 2015 - 6:21am
1976 – Apple Inc. is formed by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne.

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Posted: Mar 25, 2015 - 6:25am
1948 – The first successful tornado forecast predicts that a tornado will strike Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

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Posted: Mar 24, 2015 - 6:09am
1896 – A. S. Popov makes the first radio signal transmission.

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Posted: Mar 23, 2015 - 10:56am
1957— Amanda Plummer is born.

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