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On this day in US history, 1780 Patriot Henry Laurens of South Carolina, captured at sea, is imprisoned in the Tower of London; after Yorktown, he is exchanged for British general Charles Cornwallis. 1866 In Indiana, brothers John and Simeon Reno stage the first robbery of a moving train in the United States. 1927 The Jazz Singer, the first feature-length “talking picture,” opens in New York. 1979 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit the White House.
Posted on: Sun, 06 Oct 2013 12:07:57 +0000

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