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1839 - Frances E. Willard Born Today
On this date prohibitionist
1862 - (Civil War) 16th Wisconsin Infantry Protect Civilians
The 16th Wisconsin Infantry arrived at Redbone Church, 11 miles from Vicksburg, Mississippi, to protect civilians as they fled the city (Source: E.B. Quiner's Military History of Wisconsin (Chicago, 1866),
1913 - Milwaukee Brewers Clinch Pennant
On this date the Milwaukee Brewers, a team associated with the city of Milwaukee and not the current day Brewers, clinched their first American Association pennant by beating Louisville, 3-1, in the first game of a doubleheader. An estimated 35,000 fans greeted the Brewers at Union Station when they returned home from Louisville two days later. [Source:
1925 - Seymour R. Cray Born
On this date Seymour R. Cray was born in Chippewa Falls. Cray received a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Minnesota. He established himself in the field of large-scale computer design through his work for Engineering Associates, Remington Rand, UNIVAC, and Control Data Corporation. In 1957 Cray built the first computer to use radio transis […]

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