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Believe It or DON’T

By WJBD Staff Apr 25, 2024 | 8:50 AM

Believe It or DON’T

On this day in 1901, New York became the first U.S. state to mandate license plates when Governor Benjamin Odell, Jr., signed a law ordering automobiles and motorcycles to display “the separate initials of the owner’s name placed upon the back thereof in a conspicuous place.”

Believe It or DON’T

On this day in 1947, President Truman opened the first White House bowling alley.

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On this day in 1959, one of the largest civil engineering feats ever undertaken, the St. Lawrence Seaway officially opened, linking the Atlantic Ocean with the Great Lakes.

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