What Happened in Dec 1842
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Charles Sherwood Stratton, aka 'General Tom Thumb' Performs at Barnum's American Museum
Visiting his home state of Connecticut on a cold November night in 1842, the great showman Phineas T. Barnum thought to track down an amazingly... Read more
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Hawaiian Independence Recognized by the United States
Faced with the problem of foreign encroachment of Hawaiian territory, His Hawaiian Majesty King Kamehameha III deemed it prudent and necessary to... Read more