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On This Day Christmas 1830

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (91297) • United States 25 Dec

On December 25, 1830, the Best Friend of Charleston made its inaugural run, marking the first American-built steam locomotive to pull a passenger train on a public railroad. The locomotive was constructed by New York's West Point...

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Love History? Check Out This Cool Site!

cmoneyspinner @cmoneyspinner (9218) • Austin, Texas 21 Dec 17

Found a neat site called The People History. I know there are bazillion history sites out there. This is a YAHS. Yet Another Historical Site. It goes back to the 1800s and brings you up to 2013. Yeah. They need to...

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This day in history

TheRealDawn @dawnald (85137) • Shingle Springs, California 17 Dec 10

You've all seen them, in the newspaper, in birthday cards, etc. Famous events that happened today or this month, famous books, songs from your birth month, etc. Today's famous event, from 1903 - At 10:35 AM, 1st sustained...

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People born on May 28th

Swtrose @Swtrose (3385) • Canada 27 May 07

Kylie Minogue, Gladys Knight, Actress Monica Keena, Rapper Chubb Rock, and Singer Roland Gift (Fine Young Cannibals) all share the same birthday as me, which is today by the way. Lynn Johnston (for better or for worse...

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