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Weird history on November 5
1895 First everGeorge B. Selden is granted the first U.S. patent for an automobile.
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1499 First everThe Catholicon, written in 1464 by Jehan Lagadeuc in Tréguier, is published; this is the first Breton dictionary as well as the first French dictionary.
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1872 First everWomen's suffrage in the United States: In defiance of the law, suffragist Susan B. Anthony votes for the first time, and is later fined $100.
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Vintage clipping · 1901
The Butte inter mountain (Butte, Mont.), October 19, 1901
Page 12 · mentions "weird"
“A COMPARATIVELY uneventful week has passed In club circles for the club women have settled down to hard work The papers in all the clubs were unusually interest ing this week In the Womans club the allimportant subject i…”
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