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GOLD DISCOVERED IN ALASKA ON THIS DAY

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While salmon fishing near the Klondike River in Canada’s
Yukon Territory on August 16, 1896, George Carmack
reportedly spotted nuggets of gold in a creek bed. His
lucky discovery sparked the last great
gold rush in the
American West.

Hoping to cash in on reported gold strikes in Alaska,
Carmack had traveled there from
California in 1881. After
running into a dead end, he headed north into the isolated
Yukon Territory, just
across the Canadian border.

In 1896, another prospector, Robert Henderson, told
Carmack of finding gold in a tributary of the
Klondike
River. Carmack headed to the region with two Native

American companions, known as Skookum Jim and
Tagish
Charlie.

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George Washington Carmack
(September 24, 1860 – June 5, 1922)

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Klondike Gold Rush Campsite.

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RARE GOLD COIN COULD SELL FOR MILLIONS

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(FoxNews) – An extremely rare 1854 $5 gold coin could sell for millions of
dollars when it is auctioned this month.

The 1854-S half eagle coin was struck in April 1854 one day after the opening
of the San Francisco Mint, according to auction house Stack’s Bowers
Galleries.

“To help deal with the overwhelming amount of gold discovered in California
during the Gold Rush, the United States set up an official government Branch
Mint in San Francisco in April 1854, the first such facility west of the
Mississippi,” it said in a statement.

The coin, which is the first 1854-S half eagle minted, is one of just three
examples known to exist.

“It has been graded AU-58+, far finer than the EF-45 example that brought
$2.16 million in August 2018,” said Stack’s Bowers Galleries in a
statement.

The $5 coin will be auctioned on March 20 in Baltimore.

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Harvey G. Stack (left) and his son Lawrence R. Stack.

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IT MADE HISTORY ON THIS DAY

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On this day in 1848, James Wilson Marshall
(October 8, 1810 – August 10, 1885) found
a gold nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern
California. The discovery led to the gold
rush of ’49’.


The spot where Marshall first discovered the gold that started the California Gold Rush.


John Sutter’s sawmill in 1850. The historians at Marshall Gold State Historic Park concluded the person seen in the above photo was
the photographer’s assistant who was used to show scale.


James Marshall’s cabin in Coloma, California.

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The James Marshall Monument is one of the many historic structures at the Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
James Marshall Monument

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IT WAS ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY

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                          Monica Samille Lewinsky turned 45 in July.

                                       

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On this day in 1896, the Klondike gold rush
was set off by George Carmack (above) 
discovering on Rabbit Creek in Alaska
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Robert Fulton’s "North River Steam Boat" (known as the "Clermont") began heading up New York’s Hudson River on its successful round-
trip to Albany on this day in 1807.

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Rudolf Walter Richard Hess(April 26, 1894 – August 17, 1987)  
                                            
                                             



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Actor Robert Anthony De Niro Jr. is 75 today.

Legendary actor Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for
Best Actor for his role as
Jake LaMotta in the 1980 boxing film 
Raging Bull and an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
for his role as Vito Corleone in the 1974 classic
The Godfather
Part II
. His many other celebrated films include Taxi Driver
(1976), Cape Fear
(1991), and The Deer Hunter (1979).

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A RECAP OF PAST WORLD NEWS

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On this day in 1848, James W. Marshall (below) discovered a gold
nugget at Sutter’s Mill in northern
California. The discovery led to
the gold rush of ’49.

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Sir Winston Churchill died at the age of 90 on this day in 1965.

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Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill
(November 30, 1874 – January 24, 1965)

Churchill was a British statesman, army officer and writer,
who served as
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from
1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955.

 The former prime minister's renewed presence was noticed as Mr Trump signed his first orders as the 45th president of the United States.

The bust of Winston Churchill is said to be a replica of one given
to 1960s leader Lyndon B Johnson and first appeared in the Oval
Office during former George W Bush’s administration. However it
was replaced by a bust of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr
during Barack Obama’s presidency.

 Trump was joined by a bust of Churchill in the Oval Office as he signed off his first orders as President

The bust of  Churchill (far left) was returned to the White House’s
Oval at President Donald Trump’s request just hours after Trump
was sworn in as the 45th President of the United States.


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On this day in 1989, Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put
to death in
Florida‘s electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-
year-old Kimberly Leach.

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Theodore Robert Bundy (born Theodore Robert Cowell)
(November 24, 1946 – January 24, 1989)

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Thurgood Marshall was the first African American to serve on the Supreme
Court of the United States.

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High School yearbook photo.

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John Adam Belushi (January 24, 1949 – March 5, 1982)

Actor, Saturday Night Live cast member, and Blues Brothers
comedian John Belushi posthumously received a star on the
Hollywood Walk of Fame, on April 1, 2004. Three of the four
movies he starred in were with
Dan Akroyd; the exception is
the 1978 cult comedy film Animal House. John was an All-
American football player and wanted to become a coach. He
was the brother of actor
Jim Belushi.

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Food Fight !!!

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John Belushi in National Lampoon’s Animal House 1978.

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