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Edward H. Johnson, an associate of inventor Thomas Edison and the Vice President of the Edison Electric Light Company, became the first person to decorate a Christmas tree with electric lights at his home in New York City.Births On This Day, December 22 1989 Jordin Sparks American singer-song...
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History Short: Coffee, Drink of the Gods! By Major DanSeptember 29, 2024 A Brief History On September 29, 2024, we celebrate another National Coffee Day, reveling in our appreciation for that “Cup of Joe,”“Shot of Caffeine,”“Java,”“Go Juice,” or whatever you want to call it....
A Brief History On July 10, 2007, Turkish adventurer Erden Eruç, almost 46 years old at the time, set off on what may be the greatest feat of human endurance and physical performance in history, the solo, only human powered circumnavigation of the Earth. As if this feat was not daunti...
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Radio City Music Hall opened in the heart of midtown Manhattan amid great fanfare on this day in history, Dec. 27, 1932. The spectacular theater was part of a major urban renewal project.
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