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Feb 24

Written by: Del Meyer
02/24/2020 8:33 PM 

January 1: Three American patriots were born;
            Paul Revere, a silversmith, in 1735
            Betsy Ross, a flag maker in 1752
            General “Mad” Anthony Wayne who led the charge on    British garrisons in 1745.

January 1, 1863: President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation.

January 1, 1808: The U. S. Congress officially prohibited African slave trade.

January 1, 1898: Brooklyn merged with Manhattan.

January 1, 1935: The colonies of Cyrenaica, Tripoli, and Eczaan united to form the country of Libya.

January 3, 1521: Martin Luther was excommunicated from the Roman Catholic Church.

January 5, 1914: Henry Ford announced a $5 minimum wage for an eight-hour workday.

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