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GIFT WAS DEDICATED ON THIS DAY IN 1886

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The
Statue of Liberty, a gift of friendship from the people of  France
to the people of the U.S. was dedicated in New York Harbor by then
President Grover Cleveland
.

 

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Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty, 1886 | Flickr


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HALLOWEEN CELEBRATIONS IN 2020?

Scary thought: Parents worried COVID-19 could cancel Halloween 2020 |  National Post

The 1918 flu caused Halloween cancellations in St. Louis. It could happen  again | Coronavirus | stltoday.com
The Spanish Flu of 1918

Our Rich History: Spanish Flu pandemic of 1918-19 — the granddaddy of all  flu outbreaks in NKY | NKyTribune

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FAMOUS FACE OFF ON THIS DAY IN 1881


It was the Earp brothers against the Clanton-McLaury gang
in a legendary shootout at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone,
Arizona. It was a 30-second gunfight that is generally
regarded as the most famous shootout in the history
of the American Wild West.

 

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Tombstone in 1881

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ALL OF PORTLAND WATCHED CHANNEL 12

Local owners signed on KLOR-TV, Channel 12, from Portland, Ore., in 1955 as an ABC affiliate with a secondary DuMont affiliation. The following year, KGW-TV, Channel 8, signed on the air and took the ABC affiliation from KLOR-TV. The DuMont...


Local owners signed on KLOR-TV, Channel 12, from Portland, Ore.,
in 1955 as an ABC affiliate with a secondary DuMont affiliation. On
the following year, KGW-TV, Channel 8, signed on the air and took
the ABC affiliation from KLOR-TV. The DuMont Television Network
went out of business, leaving KLOR without a network affiliation. 

George Haggerty purchased KLOR-TV in 1957, along with rival
KPTV.  KPTV launched in 1952 as the state’s first TV station.  It
was an NBC affiliate and the nation’s first commercial UHF TV
station, broadcasting on Channel 27.
  (FADED SIGNALS)

 

KLOR TV

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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MIKE GRACIA

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