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A bit of February 3rd history…
1743 - Philadelphia establishes a “pesthouse” to quarantine immigrants (pictured)
1876 - Albert Spalding invests $800 to start sporting goods company, manufacturing 1st official baseball, tennis ball, basketball, golf ball, and football
1913 - 16th Amendment to US Constitution, federal income tax, ratified
1928 - Paleoanthropologist Davidson Black reports on the ancient human fossils found in China and declares them to be a new species he names ‘Sinathropus pekinensis - now known as Homo erectus
1941 - US Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour Law; sets minimum wage and maximum hours
1959 - “The Day the Music Died” plane crash kills musicians Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and The Big Bopper in Iowa
1993 - Federal trial of 4 police officers charged with civil rights violations in videotaped beating of Rodney King begins in LA, California
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