January 05 1896 A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen’s discovery of X-rays. 1914 Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage. 1925 Nellie Tayloe…
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January 04 1885 Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what is thought to be the first appendectomy. 1896 Utah was admitted as 45th…
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January 03 1521 Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X. 1777 George Washington defeated Cornwallis’s forces at the Battle of Princeton. 1833 Britain seized control…
View More This Day In History — Birthday of TolkienJanuary 02 1492 Muhammad XI, the leader of the last Arab stronghold in Spain, surrendered to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I. 1788 Georgia…
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BY MICAH REINKE The Fort Hays State University basketball teams are ramping up and ready to be back home at Gross Memorial Coliseum after the…
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January 01 1863 Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation. 1908 The ball signifying the New Year was dropped for the first time at Times Square…
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“A favorite of Lexi Gross — originally posted October 3, 2018” BY LEXI GROSS The Fort Hays Department of Music and Theater presents this years…
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December 31 1879 Thomas Edison gave the first public demonstration of an electric incandescent lamp. 1938 The first breath test for drivers, “drunkometer,” was introduced…
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BY CHRISTIAN PHILLIPS The Fort Hays State women’s basketball team improved their overall record to 11-0 on the season with yet another dominating performance. The…
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December 30 1853 The United States bought some 45,000 sq mi of land from Mexico in the Gadsden Purchase. 1911 Sun Yat-sen was elected the…
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