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A bit of November 10th history…
1619 - Rene Descartes has the dream that inspires his “Meditations on First Philosophies”
1871 - Henry Morton Stanley encounters David Livingstone at Ujiji, near Lake Tanganyika in Central Africa, with the immortal words “Dr. Livingstone I presume?”
1885 - German engineer Gottlieb Daimler unveils the worlds 1st motorcycle
1908 - 1st Gideon Bible put in a hotel room
1924 - Dion O’Banion, leader of the North Side Gang, is assassinated in his flower shop by members of Johnny Torrio’s gang, sparking the bloody gang war of the 1920′s in Chicago
1954 - “Marine Corps War Memorial” unveiled in Virginia, dedicated to US Marine Corps who died in defense of the US since 1775; inspired by 1945 Iwo Jima photo
1969 - “Sesame Street” premiers on PBS (pictured)
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