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December 16Friday
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General Meade's Old Baldy passes away
December 16, 2022 all day – in the hearts of all proud Philadelphians The picture is of his equestrian statue in Philadelphia located in Fairmount Park near the Please Touch Museum. The statue in Fairmount Park is notable for being the work of Alexander Milne Calde… Organized by Old Baldy's friends | Type: meeting, crossposting, historical, meade, old, baldy
January 18Wednesday
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Sliced Bread is Banned
January 18, 2023 all day – America The time when Sliced Bread was Banned https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-time-the-u-s-government-banned-sliced-bread It was to save waxed paper and flour. The law was rescinded on March… Organized by WW2 Office of Price Administration | Type: historical, sliced, bread
June 16Friday
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The woman who signed the Declaration of Indepedence
June 16, 2023 all day – Philadelphia, PA Who is that woman whose name appears on the Declaration of Independence ? Mary Katharine Goddard Born June 16, 1738 She was he FIRST FEMALE EMPLOYEE of the new US government. She was a printer… Organized by patriots of both sexes | Type: historical, woman, declaration, of, indepenence
July 10Monday
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Arthur Ashe
July 10, 2023 all day – Richmond, VA Arthur Ashe the only black man ever to win the singles title at Wimbledon, the US Open, and the Australian Open. He retired in 1980. Ashe is believed to have contracted HIV from a blood transfusion… Organized by | Type: historical, arthur, ashe
August 27Sunday
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Krakatoa
August 27, 2023 all day Organized by Thor the Thunder God | Type: disaster, historical
September 27Wednesday
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Wreck of Old 97
September 27, 2023 all day – Danville VA Danville, VA (not Danville PA) It was a serious wreck of the Old 97 Locomotive on a trestle bridge. The Wreck of the Old 97 was an American rail disaster involving the Southern Railway mail train… Organized by | Type: historical, train
July 11Thursday
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Hamilton
July 11, 2024 all day – on an island in the Hudson River Aaron Burr is most remembered for killing former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a duel on July 11, 1804 But Alexander Hamilton is remembered for a lot more things than being in a duel.… Organized by | Type: historical, hamilton, founding, father
July 12Friday
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100 year old Kleenex
July 12, 2024 all day – Wisconsin Kleenex trademark Original 1925 Kleenex trademark The original Kleenex trademark application at the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) was filed in the class of M… Organized by Cold Sufferers Everywhere | Type: historical, handkerchief, kleenex
July 11Friday
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Haiti Slave Reparations
July 11, 2025 all day – The Isalnd of Haiti Haiti Slave Reparations are agreed to. No, not to the enslaved peoples, but to their prior masters. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/when-france-extorted-haiti-the-greatest-heist-in-history Organized by France's King Louis XVIII’s successor, Charles X | Type: historical, slavery
May 31Sunday
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The Day the Tracks Changed
May 31, 2026 all day – across the U.S. One reason the South lost the Civil War was that there was no standard "gauge" (the distance from the left hand rail to the right hand rail). It had been mostly standardized in the Northern s… Organized by trackmen throughout the nation | Type: historical, train, railroad, gauge, change
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