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• 1858 - A party of prospectors led by William Green Russell discovered gold in what is now downtown Denver.
  
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• 1858 - November 17 – The city of Denver, Colorado, is founded.
  
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  November 17, 1858
  
•   1871 - Express Delivery
  At Denver, Col., a few days ago, a man tried to have himself sent by express to Newtown Corners, Mass., by securing himself in a box expressly... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1883 - Electric lights installed in Denver
  
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•   1887 - PLUNGED THROUGH THE BRIDGE.
  Denver, Col., Aug. 25. - An accident occurred on an east-bound Union Pacific express at Sand Creek bridge, 10 miles east of here, last night,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1889 - Walter Ives, aged ten years, fell from the top of a nine-story building at Denver, Col., on the 2d, struck the telephone wires, and then rebounded to a horse's back and was not fatally injured.
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  February 9, 1889
  
•   1893 - Fire
  DENVER, Jan. 6. - One of the largest fires that ever occurred in this city started at 10:45 last night in the oil room of the E. A. Halleck Paint,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1894 - The Union Depot Completely Destroyed by Fire.
  The Union Depot at Denver was burned down the morning of the 18th . The fire started shortly after midnight.
  
  The origin of the fire is supposed to ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1895 - Denver
  Den’ver, the capital and chief commercial city of Colorado, and county seat of Arapahoe co., is situated on both sides of the South Platte River, at... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1895 - February 20 - Congress authorizes a US mint at Denver, Colorodo
  
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  February 20, 1895
  
•   1897 - DEADLY LIVE WIRE
  Denver, Sept 16. - August Plym, a saloon-keeper, was instantly killed at noon today, when in inadvertently seized a badly insulated live electric... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1899 - June 25 – Three Denver, Colorado newspapers publish a story (later proved to be a fabrication) that the Chinese government under the Guangxu Emperor is going to demolish the Great Wall of China.
  
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  June 25, 1899
  
• 1901 - Denver - The Queen City of the Plains by John Cotton Dana
  Denver has historic background. Behind its own brief chronicles we note the outline of the story, full of the good work of strong men, of the... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1901 - DENVER CITY HALL BURNS. Large Number of Valuable Records Supposed to Have Been Consumed.
  Denver, Col., Nov. 30. - Fire, tonight destroyed the Denver city hall, including, probably, a large amount of valuable records. The fire is supposed... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1902 - CHILDREN IN A FIRE. TWO HUNDRED ORPHANS RESCUED FROM FLAMES IN AN ASYLUM.
  Denver, Colo., March 15. - St. Vincent's Orphan asylum, situated in the northern part of the city, was badly damaged by fire this afternoon. There... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1902 - WRECK OF BIGGEST BALLOON.
  The remarkable ascent of "Big Glory", the largest balloon ever built, sent up from Denver, Col., Monday, resulted in the wreck of the machine and the ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1903 - THE BIG ENDEAVOR TENT BLOWN DOWN
  Denver, July 14. - Without a moment's warning yesterday afternoon the great Tent Endeavor was blown down at 4:10 o'clock. The most remarkable feature ... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1910 - JOHNSTONE DROPS 800 FT. TO MEET HORRIBLE DEATH. HOLDER OF WORLD'S ALTITUDE RECORD KILLED WHEN WING TIP ON MACHINE BREAKS. HIS BODY VIOLATED.
  CURIOUS THRONG OF RELIC HUNTERS CARRY OFF GLOVES AND SPLINTERS PIERCING AVIATOR.
  
  Denver, Colo., Nov. 18. - RALPH JOHNSTONE holder of the world's... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1916
  Denver, the capital and chief commercial city of Colorado, and county-seat of Denver co., is situated on both sides of the South Platte River at an... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1919 - SEVEN HURT IN COLLISION. HEAVY FIRE TRUCKS SMASH TOGETHER RACING TO FIRE. WRECK UNAVOIDABLE. WORST ACCIDENT OF ITS KIND IN DENVER IN MANY YEARS.
  Denver, Colo. 11. - One young woman was probably fatally injured, six firemen were hurt, one seriously, and scores of bystanders had their lives... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1922 - March 10 - KLZ-AM in Denver CO begins radio transmissions
  
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•   1928 - Airplane Crash
  H. E. Larue, pilot, Loren Craven and Dietrich were fatally injured when the machine went into a tail spin, and fell in flames near Lowry Field,... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1933 - DAM BREAK CAUSES HEAVY LOSS IN DENVER. WALL OF WATER CAUSES DAMAGE OF $1,000,000. MOUNTAIN CLOUDBURST CAUSES DISASTER IN COLORADO; TWO DEAD AND OTHERS MISSING.
  ANOTHER STORM CLAIMS A LIFE.
  TORRENT RIPS AWAY SIX BRIDGES WHEN IT REACHES METROPOLIS; BUSINESS HARD HIT.
  
  Denver, Aug. 3. - (AP) - Crumbling... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1934 - SECOND MAN KILLED IN FALL DENVER HOTEL.
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  Denver, June 4. - Marking the second fatal accident of its kind at the same place in two days a man, about 30, who had registered ... Read MORE...
  
  
• 1935 - Denver, lays claim to the invention of the cheeseburger. The trademark for the name Cheeseburger was awarded in 1935 to Louis Ballast.
  
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• 1936 - February 8, The temperature at Denver CO plunged to a record 30 degrees below zero.
  
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•   1939 - ONE MAN KILLED, 28 INJURED IN DENVER TRAIN COLLISION. D. & R. G. ENGINES PLOUGH INTO SANTA FE PASSENGER CAR THIS MORNING.
  Conductor Meets Death and Others Go To Hospitals For Treatment.
  
  Denver, Aug. 12 (AP) - A Denver and Rio Grande Western train, pulled by two... Read MORE...
  
  
•   1946 - November 2 - A 31 inch snow at Denver CO caused roofs to collapse.
  
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  November 2, 1946
  
• 1948 - May 30 - Twenty carloads of glass were needed in Denver, CO, to replace that destroyed by a severe hailstorm.
  
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• 1952 - July 18 - KWGN TV channel 2 in Denver, CO (IND) begins broadcasting
  
• 1961 - September 3 - Denver, CO, received 4.2 inches of snow, their earliest snow of record.
  
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