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Todays Highlights in History Oct 20th; 1097 - 1st Crusaders arrive in Antioch (First Crusade) 1817 - 1st Mississippi Showboat, leaves Nashville on maiden voyage 1818 - 49th parallel forms as border between US & Canada 1864 - US President Lincoln formally establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1873 - P T Barnum Hippodrome featuring Greatest Show on Earth, opens (NYC) 1910 - The hull of the RMS Olympic, sister-ship to the ill-fated RMS Titanic, is launched from the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, Ireland. 1955 - Harry Belafonte records Day-O (Banana Boat Song) 1977 - Six killed in Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash in McComb, Mississippi including band members Ronnie Vanzant, Steve Gains, Cassie Gaines and Dean kilpatrick https://youtube/watch?v=PMigXnXMhQ4
Posted on: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 11:21:52 +0000

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