Russia's Peter the Great imposed a tax on beards in 1698.The 1st Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia in 1774.1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer in Ft Wayne, Ind in 1885.The National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues formed in 1901.FDR declared US neutrality
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09/05/2007
On this date in history...English astronomer Edmund Halley sees his namesake comet in 1682.Robert Fulton began operating his steamboat in 1807.General Robert E. Lee invaded the North with 50,000 Confederate troops in 1862.George Eastman patented thefirst roll-film camera and registered the name "
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09/04/2007
On this date in history....Treaty of Paris that ended the Revolutionary War was signed in 1783.Labor Day was celebrated as a legal holiday for the first time in 1894.First professional football game was played in Latrobe, PA in 1895.The First U.S. bowling league was established in 1921.In 1939 Wo
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09/03/2007
On this date in history....The Great Fire in London destroys 13,000 houses & kills 8 in 1666.Last day of the Julian calender in US & England (no Sept 3-Sept 13th) in 1752.US Treasury Department established by Congress in 1789.Machine gun 1st used in battle in 1898.National Commission recommends a
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09/02/2007
Today on this date in history...First federal tax was levied on tobacco in 1862.Emma M. Nutt Day, she was the first woman telephone operator in 1878.Labor Day was declared a U S national holiday by Congress in 1894.World World II began when German troops invade Poland in 1939 at 5:30AM.Lead in pa
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09/01/2007
Today (8/31) in history....US Naval Observatory was authorized by an act of Congress in 1842.1st US men's single tennis championships 1881 in Newport, RI.1st major earthquake recorded in eastern US, at Charleston SC, 110 die in 1886.FDR signs an act prohibiting export of US arms to belligerents i
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09/01/2007
