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George Washington was sworn in as first U.S. President 230 yrs ago today. And eighty years ago today, the NY World's Fair of 1939 opened to the public. The fair was loaded w. Washington-themed kitsch including one of the world's largest Washington statues: https://t.co/YLVcWOqsKf
IT'S HAPPENED BEFORE. In 1913, almost exactly 105 years ago (on Dec 28), strange lights above Brooklyn ("celestial phenomena") went unexplained. Possible explanations: Flashes of trolley wires on low clouds and violent flame discharges from a Gowanus Canal gas company. #bluelight
The luxurious Oak Room at the Plaza Hotel (picture is actually 1974): #MadMen