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#OnThisDay August 10, 1821: Missouri Enters

Discover How Missouri Became The 24th State In 1821 And Why Its Admission Became A Defining Moment In The National Debate Over Slavery And Expansion.

#OnThisDay August 9, 1885: Extinguished, Reborn

Discover How Wilmington’s Water Witch Fire Company No. 5 Shaped Delaware Firefighting History Before Its First Era Ended In 1885.

#OnThisDay August 8, 1886: The Shoebox Mystery

Discover The Chilling 1886 Wallingford Shoe Box Murder, An Unsolved Connecticut Mystery Involving Arsenic, Dismemberment, And A Victim Never Identified.

#OnThisDay August 7, 1920: Denver Under Arms

Discover How Denver’s 1920 Streetcar Strike Turned Deadly, Brought Federal Troops Into The City, And Became A Defining Colorado Labor Conflict.

#OnThisDay August 6, 2012: Corrosion Crisis

Discover How The 2012 Chevron Richmond Refinery Fire Exposed Safety Failures, Harmed Local Communities, And Changed California Industrial Oversight.

#OnThisDay August 5, 1896: Exclusion By Violence

Discover How Racial Violence And Railroad Expansion Drove Black Workers From Polk County, Arkansas, In 1896 And Reshaped The Region’s History.