I didn't know until I watched an episode of History Hunters on You Tube that Earp lived his last years in a bungalow in Los Angeles. Having spent most of my life in and around the L.A. area. I never knew.
1931 Nevada legalised gambling in an attempt to lift the state from the hard times of the Great Depression. Set in the Great Basin desert, Nevada was one of the most barren states in the US and relied heavily on the 1859 discovery of the Comstock Lode precious metal reserves for settlement. At the beginning of the Great Depression, Nevada's mines were in decline and its economy was in shambles, so the Nevada state legislature responded to the population flight by taking the drastic measure of legalising gambling, and, later in the year, divorce. Today, state gambling taxes account for over 40 percent of Nevada's overall tax revenues
If they only knew...
1941 The US and Canada signed a pact to develop the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence waterway, later known as the St. Lawrence Seaway
I learned, as a kid, how to remember the names of the Great Lakes, just remember HOMES. Heron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior. I thought you'd want to know.
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