By Simone Gorrindo
NYT Parenting
‘We are no strangers to separation.’
Published date: October 1, 2020 at 05:05PM
The New York Times
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On October 1, 1903, the Boston Americans (soon to become the Red Sox) of the American League played the National League champion Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern World Series. Continue reading.
On October 1, 1961, Roger Maris slammed home run number sixty-one into the stands. Continue reading.
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On September 30, 1847, Congressman George Perkins Marsh delivered a speech on agricultural conditions in New England to the Agricultural Society of Rutland County, Vermont. Continue reading.
On September 30, 1882, the first centrally located electric lighting system using the Edison system in the West and the first hydroelectric central station in the United States began operation on the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. Continue reading.
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