Drunk Driving Laws Date to 1910
New York led the way in passing the first laws against drunk driving. The year was 1910. At first, the methods used by a police officer to check for drunkenness […]
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Rock ‘N’ Roll Billboards of the Sunset Strip–New Book Presents Iconic Billboards
In the early days of rock ‘n’ roll, before MTV and the Internet, iTunes and Spotify, record companies began to gravitate to advertising their musical groups on billboards along Los
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First Hispanic Governor of California: Romualdo Pacheco, Jr.
Governor (Jose Antonio) Romualdo Pacheco, Jr. (1831-1899) American politician and diplomat Only Hispanic (thus far) to serve as Governor of California First Hispanic representative of a state in Congress (Hispanics
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Political Convention Security Measures 1908
The Democratic National Convention, Denver 1908: Heightened Security in 1908 Equaled Sixteen Extra Officers (and Some Help from Tammany)
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Where is the Candidate? (1908)
Tonight Michelle Obama will give her speech in Charlotte, N.C. and the President will watch the event on television from the White House. While Barack Obama will join Democrats at the Convention tomorrow, it was once customary that candidates did not attend the nominating conventions. This is a look back at the Democratic Convention of 1908 when it was in Denver:
As was customary in 1908, the candidates themselves did not attend the nominating conventions (the first president to attend a convention was FDR in 1932 who appeared to accept the nomination to dispel rumors about his health).
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A Dog Story from 1875
“Dogs cannot laugh, except with their tails; and their laugh is a laugh of joy.” How can one resist a story that begins with that sentence?
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