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This Day In History, December 30, 1883 – Northwestern Hotel, McGinnis Block, and Dakota House Hotel fall victim to disastrous early morning fire. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** The...
This Day In History, Dec 15, 1915 – Movies come to the Opera House in Jamestown *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Movies come to Jamestown. Dorothy Gish in “Old Heidelberg” and Roscoe...
This Day In History, December 7, 1941 – Japan bombs Pearl Harbor, Hawaii *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Japanese Planes attack Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. President Roosevelt calls “December...
This Day In History, December 4, 1947 – James River Dam is to be built *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Plans were underway for Army to build the James River Dam in 1952. Twelve million dollars...
This Day In History, Nov 27, 1872 – Camp Sykes is established overlooking the town of Jamestown. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History & Frohne’s Historic Military.*** Camp Sykes established by...
(AP) On Nov. 22, 1963, John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas; Texas Gov. John B. Connally, in the same car as Kennedy, was seriously wounded; a suspect, Lee Harvey...
This Day In History, November 19, 1910 – Alfred E. Dickey Jr. dies on this date. *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Alfred E. Dickey Jr. dies. He leaves $35,000 for the erection of a new...
This Day In History – November 14, 1881 – Opening of Northwestern House Hotel *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Jamestown (CSi) Opening of the Northwestern House Hotel (hightlighted to the left, along...
This Day In History, Nov 11, 1918 – At the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918, World War 1 ends. Video below. At 5 a.m. that morning, Germany, short on manpower and supplies and faced with imminent invasion, signed an...
This Day In History, November 8, 1937 – Charles A. Klaus, owner of the Gladstone Hotel, passes *** from the 125th Anniversary Calendar of Jamestown History *** Following Information about Charles A. Klaus, from “North...
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