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Fact #1874: Today is the 12th anniversary of the original Angry Birds game's worldwide release!
Nov 13, 1874: Canada's first "great train robbery" occurs on the 5:00 PM Great Western Railway train from Hamilton to Toronto. After leaving Port Credit, five bandits in Ku Klux Klan robes overpowered the American Express agent in the baggage car and emptied the strongbox. 1/2
#nightmusic
How brightly the universe shines!
Splendour falls everywhere around
Arnold Schoenberg #botd in 1874: Verklärte Nacht
(#art by Marianna Foster)
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From “William Cooper Nell, Selected Writings 1832-1874:” “The event bestowed the mantle of Attucks on the state’s black regiment, reflecting the hopes of the African Americans that the war would fulfill the democratic promise of the American Revolution.” #Shaw54thSatudays (2/3)