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Weird history on May 5
- 1809 First ever
Mary Kies becomes the first woman awarded a U.S. patent, for a technique of weaving straw with silk and thread.
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1646 First everFirst English Civil War: Charles I surrendered himself to Scottish Covenanter leader David Leslie near Newark, England.
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1891 First everThe Music Hall in New York City (later known as Carnegie Hall) has its grand opening and first public performance, with Tchaikovsky as the guest conductor.
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Vintage clipping · 1911
Svenska monitoren (Sioux City, Iowa), May 5, 1911
Page 5 · mentions "monster" · printed on this very day
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