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Tractor-Related Events On This Day In History...
| 1941, | Nebraska Tractor Tests begin for the new John Deere B (This is a retest, weather conditions during the original test in 1940 prevented it's completion.) |
| 1955, | Nebraska Tractor Tests begin for the new Ford 740 |
| 1955, | Nebraska Tractor Tests begin for the new Ford 960 |
Other Events On This Day In History...
| 1805, | Lewis and Clark first sighted the Pacific Ocean. |
| 1811, | Battle of Tippecanoe, gives Harrison a presidential slogan. |
| 1874, | First cartoon to use the elephant as the symbol of the Republican Party appears in Harper's Weekly. It was drawn by Thomas Nast. |
| 1875, | Verney Cameron is first European to cross equatorial Africa from sea to sea. |
| 1885, | Canada completes its own transcontinental railway. |
Famous People Born On This Day In History...
| 1867, | Madame Marie Curie, discovered radium. |
| 1918, | Billy Graham, televangelist. |
| 1922, | Al Hirt |
| 1943, | Joni Mitchell |
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