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On this day in US History, 1825 The Erie Canal opens its entire 363 miles from Buffalo to Albany, New York. 1858 Hamilton Smith of Philadelphia patents a hand-cranked, rotary washing machine. 1861 The Pony Express officially ceases operation two days after the Transcontinental Telegraph is completed. 1881 The Earp brothers and “Doc” Holliday confront the Clanton gang in the famous shootout at the OK Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. 1942 In the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands, U.S. ships stop the Japanese from reinforcing Guadalcanal but lose the aircraft carrier Hornet.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 11:33:26 +0000

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