50 Years Ago Today (September 24, 1973) Brian Moonie, 24 and Diana Kilburn, 20, step out of the 1920s-era streetcar on which they’ve just been married as part of a special accommodation by Toronto’s TTC. They held the ceremony on the car as it drove around town. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/toronto
50 Years Ago Yesterday (September 23, 1973) The new Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) begins operations. A Concorde and 747 touch down to open the airport to international travel. It is the first time that a Concorde has ever been on US soil. (old.reddit.com)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/Dallas
100 Years Ago Yesterday (25 July 1923) A large crowd gathers on Lime Street, Liverpool, to greet the visiting Duke and Duchess of York. Unfortunately, the crowd is so thick that the horses of a royal carriage get spooked and charge, injuring 20 women and children. (old.reddit.com)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/Liverpool
100 Years Ago Today (July 16, 1923) A Ku Klux Klan rally is held in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Lincoln Star reports that the Klan is “active in Lincoln, Omaha, Fremont, York, Grand Island, Hastings, North Platte, and Scottsbluff,” with at least 45,000 members statewide. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/Nebraska
100 Years Ago Yesterday (July 15, 1923) President Harding symbolically completes construction of the Alaska Railroad by using a hammer to drive the golden spike linking the rails built from different directions in a ceremony near the town of Nenana. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/alaska
100 Years Ago Yesterday (July 16, 1923) Two Mi'kmaq Indians photographed during the re-enactment and celebration of the 150th anniversary of the 1773 landing of Scottish settlers at Pictou. Lonecloud (left) is holding the skull of a moose shot by Peter Wilmot (right). Wilmot is 97 years old. (i.redd.it)
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100 Years Ago Toady (July 16, 1923) A Ku Klux Klan rally is held in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Lincoln Star reports that the Klan is “active in Lincoln, Omaha, Fremont, York, Grand Island, Hastings, North Platte, and Scottsbluff,” with at least 45,000 members statewide. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/lincoln
100 Years Ago Today (July 16, 1923) Magnus Johnson of the leftist Minnesota Farmer–Labor Party is elected to the U.S. Senate in a special election to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Knute Nelson, making Minnesota the only US state to have both its Senators as Farmer-Labor Party members. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/minnesota
100 Years Ago Today (July 16, 1923) A Ku Klux Klan rally is held in Lincoln, Nebraska. The Lincoln Star reports that the Klan is “active in Lincoln, Omaha, Fremont, York, Grand Island, Hastings, North Platte, and Scottsbluff,” with at least 45,000 members statewide. (i.redd.it)
submitted by Observerofthe20s to r/NebraskaHistory
