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Category: This Month in History
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August in History
August 1 1900 – “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum was copyrighted. 1941 – The first Jeep rolled off the assembly line, and Willys Truck Company was the first company to create a Jeep. August 2 1904 – A patent for a “glass shaping machine” was granted to Michael Owen. The immense…
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July in History
July 1 1952 – The trademark for Silly Putty was officially registered, though originally filed on March 31, 1950. A trademark protects words, names, symbols, sounds, or colors that distinguish goods and services. The MGM lion’s roar and the shape of a Coca-Cola bottle are also trademarked. 1862 – President Abraham Lincoln signed the first…
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June in History
JUNE EVENTS June 6, 1872 – Pioneering feminist Susan B. Anthony voted in a presidential election in Rochester, New York, a move for which she was later fined. Although the 15th Amendment had granted voting rights to African American males, Anthony sought to uphold women’s rights by leading a group of women to vote illegally…
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April in History
This Month in History April 2, 1513 – Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon sighted Florida and claimed it for the Spanish Crown after landing at what is now St. Augustine. About 500 Jewish and Italian seniors, traveling with their golf carts, disembarked from de Leon’s ship just in time for a 3 p.m. early senior discount…
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