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This Weekend In History…..
Saturday Night Live….. October 11, 1975….. “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” The Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live television variety show debuts on NBC, featuring the “Not Ready for Prime-Time Players”. The original title was NBC’s Saturday Night. The original cast included Laraine Newman, John Belushi, Jane Curtin, Gilda Radner, Dan Aykroyd, Garrett Morris, and Chevy Chase. John Denver Killed in Plane Crash…… October 12,…
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Vice-President Agnew Resigns….. October 10, 1973…… U.S. Vice-President Spiro T. Agnew resigns and pleads no contest to income tax evasion and is fined $10,000 and put on three years’ probation in exchange for dropping charges of political corruption against him. He was under investigation for taking kickbacks for construction projects in Baltimore while he was chief executive…
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Washington Monument….. October 9, 1888…… The Washington Monument is opened to the public. It was the first national monument to honor George Washington.
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Great Chicago Fire – Not Started by a Cow….. October 8, 1871…… 3.3 square miles (9 km2) of Chicago is destroyed, more than 250 people are killed, and 100,000 of the 300,000 residents were left homeless. Adding to the problem, Chicago had been in a drought, having received only 1 inch (2.5 cm) of rain…