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Today in #Connecticut History, October 13: Connecticut’s “Food City” Gives Birth to the “Lolly Pop.” Sweet!
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutpatents #foodanddrink #foodhistory #lollipop #lollypop #newhaven #october #uspatents
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Today in #Connecticut History, September 26: Connecticut’s First English Settlement
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/09/26/september-26-connecticuts-first-english-settlement-3/
#17thcentury #colonialera #colonizationandsettlement #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutriver #hartford #newamsterdam #september #thestate #trade #wiliamholmes #windsor
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Today in #Connecticut History, September 7: A Game-Changer For Sports . . . and Television
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/09/07/september-7-a-game-changer-in-both-sports-and-television/
#20thcentury #billrasmussen #bristol #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #espn #hartfordwhalers #popularculture #september #sportsandrecreation #sportshistory
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Today in #Connecticut History, September 1: Connecticut’s Unknown Industrial Genius
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/09/01/september-1-the-root-of-connecticuts-industrial-greatness/
#19thcentury #businessandindustry #canton #collinsville #coltfirearms #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutindustry #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventor #elishakroot #hartford #industrialhistory #industrialrevolultion #work
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Today in #Connecticut History, September 2: Man Soars Above the Connecticut — Dog Parachuted Into Middletown
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#19thcentury #aviationhistory #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #hotairballoons #middletown #newenglandairmuseum #plymouth #ptbarnum #september #silasbrooks
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Today in #Connecticut History, August 27: “Substance X” Leads To the Nation’s First Chemotherapy Treatment
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #august #chemotherapy #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #healthandmedicine #historyofmedicine #Johnfenn #medicalhistory #meriden #mustardgas #newhaven #oncology #yale
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Today in #Connecticut History, August 22: A President Makes Transportation History in Hartford
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #august #automobilehistory #columbiacars #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #hartford #teddyroosevelt #theindustrialunitedstates #theodoreroosevelt #transportationhistory #uspresidents
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Today in #Connecticut History, August 18: Connecticut Man with a Rifle Enters Lincoln’s Office
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#19thcentury #abrahamlincoln #august #christopherminerspencer #civilwar #civilwarandreconstruction #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventors #firearms #inventionandtechnology #manchester
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Today in #Connecticut History, August 16: The Bar Unbarred — Connecticut’s First Woman Lawyer
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/08/16/august-16-the-bar-unbarred-connecticuts-first-woman-lawyer/
#19thcentury #august #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutwomen #education #law #legalhistory #maryhall #womenhartford #women'ssuffrage #womenshistory #work
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Today in #Connecticut History, July 28: Who Made The World’s First Hamburger?
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/07/28/july-28-the-worlds-first-hamburger/
#20thcentury #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #foodanddrink #foodhistory #hamburger #july #louislassen #louislunch #newhaven #popularculture
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Today in #Connecticut History, July 21: Testing the World’s First Attack Submarine — in 1776
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/07/21/july-21-testing-the-worlds-first-attack-submarine-in-1776/
#18thcentury #americanrevolution #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventors #davidbushnell #ezralee #inventionandtechnology #july #milford #militaryhistory #oldsaybrook #revolutionarywar #turtle
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Today in #Connecticut History, July 1: Concerns Over Prison Unrest Produce the State Department of Correction
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #crimeandpunishment #criminallaw #departmentofcorrections #july #law #prisons #reform #wethersfield
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Today in #Connecticut History, June 4: America’s First “Lemon Law”
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/06/04/june-4-connecticut-passes-the-nations-first-lemon-law-2/
#20thcentury #automobilehistory #businessandindustry #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #johnwoodcockiii #june #law #legalhistory #lemonlaw #politicsandgovernment
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 24: New London Men First to Steam Across the Atlantic.
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/24/may-24-the-first-steam-powered-ship-to-cross-the-atlantic/
#19thcentury #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovations #inventionandtechnology #jamesmadison #may #mosesrogers #newlondon #sssavannah #steam #steamships #stevensrogers #transportationhistory
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 21: Connecticut Passes America’s First Speed Limit Law
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/21/may-21-americas-first-speed-limit-law/
#20thcentury #automobilehistory #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #law #legalhistory #may
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Today in #Connecticut History, May 5: The First Female U.S. Patent Recipient
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/05/05/may-5-the-first-woman-to-receive-a-u-s-patent/
#19thcentury #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventors #connecticutpatents #connecticutwomen #dolleymadison #inventionandtechnology #jamesmadison #killingly #marykies #may #patents #revolutionandthenewnation
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Today in #Connecticut History, April 12: For Writers, It Was the First Laptop
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/04/12/april-12-invention-of-the-five-pound-secretary-2/
#19thcentury #20thcentury #april #blickensderfer #blickensderfertypewriters #businessandindustry #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutindustry #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventors #georgeblickensderfer #inventionandtechnology #patents
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Today in #Connecticut History, April 10: The Sheep That Shaped New England
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/04/10/april-10the-sheep-that-shaped-new-england/
#19thcentury #agriculture #americanrevolution #april #businessandindustry #connecticucthistory #connecticutfirsts #davidhumphreys #derby #industrialhistory #industrialrevolution #merinosheep #merinowool #mills #seymour #spain #textiles
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Today in #Connecticut History, April 9: Abraham Ribicoff, Governor & Barrier-Breaker
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/04/09/april-9-abraham-ribicoff-born-in-new-britain/
#20thcentury #april #connecticutfirsts #connecticutgovernors #connecticuthistory #connecticutlegislators #connecticutpolitcians #jewishhistory #jfk #johnfkennedy #politicalhistory #politicsandgovernment
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Today in #Connecticut History, April 6: UConn First to Win Dual NCAA Basketball Championships
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#21stcentury #april #collegebasketball #collegehoops #collegesports #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #dianataurasi #emekaokafor #genoauriemma #hartfordcourant #jimcalhoun #nationalchampionship #ncaabasketball
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 30: Ukranian Helicopter Pioneer Igor Sikorsky Arrives in United States
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #aircraft #aviationhistory #businessandindustry #connecticutbusiness #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #connecticutinventors #england #france #helicopter #igorsikorsky
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 30: Ukranian Helicopter Pioneer Igor Sikorsky Arrives in United States
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #aircraft #aviationhistory #businessandindustry #connecticutbusiness #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #connecticutinventors #england #france #helicopter #igorsikorsky
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 31: The First Statewide Aerial Photographic Survey in the US
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#20thcentury #aerialsurvey #civilengineering #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutnationalguard #connecticutstatelibrary #environmentalhistory #geography #GreatDepression #hartfordcourant #maps #march
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 26: The First State to Make the Minimum Wage Over $10 an Hour
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#21stcentury #barackobama #businessandindustry #centralconnecticutstateuniversity #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #dannelmalloy #economichistory #laborhistory #march #massachusetts #minimumwage #politicalhistory
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 10: Connecticut’s First Congresswoman Did Just About Everything!
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/03/10/march-10-clare-boothe-luce-connecticuts-first-congresswoman/
#20thcentury #clareboothe #clarebootheluce #congress #connecticutauthors #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutpoliticians #connecticutwomen #franklindelanoroosevelt #march #politicalhistory #womenshistory
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 4: 2 Down (11 Letters) – State Where America’s Oldest Crossword Tournament Began
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/03/04/march-4-crossword-champs-cross-wits-in-stamford-2/
#20thcentury #americancrosswordpuzzletournament #brooklynny #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #eleanorcassidy #fairfield #march #marriotthotel #nancyshuster #queensny #sportsandrecreation #stamford #tournaments
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Today in #Connecticut History, March 1: The Nation’s True First President
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#18thcentury #americanrevolution #articlesofconfederation #congress #connecticutfirsts #connecticutgovernors #connecticuthistory #landofsteadyhabits #march #politicalhistory #politicsandgovernment #revolutionandthenewnation #samuelhuntington
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Today in #Connecticut History, February 25: Samuel Colt Finally Gets His Shot at Success.
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/02/25/february-25-samuel-colt-finally-gets-his-shot-at-success-2/
#19thcentury #businessandindustry #coltarmory #coltfirearms #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovations #connecticutinventors #corvo #february #firearms #hartford #inventionandtechnology #massmanufacturing #samuelcolt
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Today in #Connecticut History, February 23: Connecticut Openly Defies a Hated President
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/02/23/february-23-connecticut-openly-defies-a-hated-president/
#19thcentury #businessandindustry #connecticutfirsts #connecticutgovernors #connecticuthistory #connecticutrepublicans #earlyAmericanrepublic #economichistory #embargoof1807 #europe #february #federalists #jefferson'sembargo #newengland #trade
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Today in #Connecticut History, February 21: The World’s First (& Smallest) Telephone Directory
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.comhttps://todayincthistory.com/2023/02/21/february-21-the-worlds-first-telephone-directory-2/
#19thcentury #alexandergrahambell #businessandindustry #communication #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #connecticutinventors #emergenceofmodernamerica #february #georgecoy #inventionandtechnology #newhaven
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Today in #Connecticut History, February 7: Electric Boat: 100+Years, Hundreds of Submarines
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TODAYINCTHISTORY.com#19thcentury #20thcentury #businessandindustry #coldwar #connecticutbusinesses #connecticutfirsts #connecticuthistory #connecticutinnovation #electricboat #emergencyofmodernamerca #february #generaldynamics #groton #isaacrice