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A bit of October 9th history…
1000 - Leif Ericson discovers “Vinland” (possibly L’Anse aux Meadows, Canada), reportedly becoming 1st European to reach North America (pictured)
1781 - Americans under George Washington and the French under Comte de Rochambeau begin bombardment of Yorktown, the last battle of the American Revolutionary War
1888 - Washington Monument opens for public admittance
1936 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
1946 - 1st electric blanket manufactured - sold for $39.50
1986 - “The Late Show with Joan Rivers” premiers on FOX, 1st woman to host a US late night TV talk show
2012 - Women’s rights and education activist Malala Yousafzai is shot 3 times by a Taliban gunman as she tried to board her school bus in Pakistan (pictured below)
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