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21), the 1858 ride of the Butterfield Stagecoach (Sept. 16), the 1959 repeal of Prohibition (April 7), Chester Gould's first published drawing (April 28, 1919), the 1928 death of OU football mascot-mongrel Max (May 4), the 1950 flying saucers sightings (May 10), George Nigh's birthday (June 9), the first parking meter installation (July 16, 1935), Gordon Cooper's 1965 outer-space record (Aug. A 1993 calendar, planned as the first of an annual publication, is OKLAHOMA YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW by Glenda Carlisle and Liz Codding (C&C Productions, $7.95.) Useful, educational and entertaining, it lists historical events for each date, plus historic photos, plus current tourism-type events such as the state's chili cookoffs, powwows, rattlesnake hunts and varied festivals.īeyond what day it is, history students-date checkers can celebrate or mourn the anniversaries of the 1956 earthquake (Feb.
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