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Oklahoma City is the capital of the U.S. state of Oklahoma and its largest city.
The world's first installed parking meter was in Oklahoma City, on July 16, 1935.
The National Cowboy Hall of Fame is located in Oklahoma City.
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- 1889 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma founded
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1889 - DISASTER AT OKLAHOMA. THE GRAND STAND AT A RACE TRACK COLLAPSES, INJURING MANY.
Oklahoma City, July 4. - The grand stand at the race track collapsed at three o'clock this afternoon, injuring more than one hundred people. One...Read MORE...- 1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Distress In Oklahoma.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 9. - Dispatches from the territory tell of severe suffering. The cold snap, accompanied by great...Read MORE... 
St. Joseph's Church
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Exposition Building, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Oklahoma, a city, capital of Oklahoma co., Okla., on the North Fork of the Canadian River and on the Chicago, Rook Island and Pacific, the Atchison,...Read MORE... - 1911 - November 11 - Oklahoma City established a record high of 83 degrees and record low of 17 degrees that same day.
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November 11, 1911 - 1917 - Fire in Oklahoma City Courthouse [sic]
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 2. - Water which flooded the city hall building while a fire burned through the hallways did $10,000 damage early today. Records ...Read MORE... 
Carnegie Library, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Robinson Street Looking North
Postcard- 1922 - March 16 - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
historyorb.com - 1924 - March 20 - A late winter storm in Oklahoma produced nearly a foot of snow at Oklahoma City.
WeatherForYou.com - 1935 - July 16 - 1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok)
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July 16, 1935 - 1942 - THIRTY-ONE KILLED WHEN TORNADO STRIKES OKLAHOMA CITY. TWISTER STRIKES INTO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CITY. LAYS WASTE AREA TWO BLOCKS SQUARE; MANY CRITICALLY INJURED; RELIEF AGENCIES AND ARMY RUSH RESCUE, AID FORCES TO SCENE.
Oklahoma City, June 13. - (AP) - Red Cross and other relief agencies cared today for 250 homeless victims of a tornado that killed 21 persons in a...Read MORE... - 1948 - March 25 - Tornadoes at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty ...Read MORE... - 1949 - June 6 - WKY TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
historyorb.com - 1995 - Oklahoma City bombing
- Oklahoma City is the 7th windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 12.2 mph.
National Weather Service
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St. Joseph's Church
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Exposition Building, Oklahoma State Fair, Oklahoma City, Okla.
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Carnegie Library, Oklahoma City, Okla.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
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Robinson Street Looking North
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1889 - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma founded
wikipedia.org
1889 - DISASTER AT OKLAHOMA. THE GRAND STAND AT A RACE TRACK COLLAPSES, INJURING MANY.
Oklahoma City, July 4. - The grand stand at the race track collapsed at three o'clock this afternoon, injuring more than one hundred people. One... Read MORE...
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1895 - Blizzard - THE STORM STILL HOVERS OVER THE UNITED STATES. IT IS SEVEREST IN THE EAST. TRAFFIC ALMOST ENTIRELY AT A STANDSTILL -- RAILROAD TRAINS BLOCKADED -- BUSINESS PARALYZED -- PEOPLE FROZEN TO DEATH AT SEVERAL PLACES...
...Distress In Oklahoma.
Wichita, Kan., Feb. 9. - Dispatches from the territory tell of severe suffering. The cold snap, accompanied by great... Read MORE...
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1906
Oklahoma, a city, capital of Oklahoma co., Okla., on the North Fork of the Canadian River and on the Chicago, Rook Island and Pacific, the Atchison,... Read MORE...
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1911 - November 11 - Oklahoma City established a record high of 83 degrees and record low of 17 degrees that same day.
WeatherForYou.com
November 11, 1911
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1917 - Fire in Oklahoma City Courthouse [sic]
OKLAHOMA CITY, March 2. - Water which flooded the city hall building while a fire burned through the hallways did $10,000 damage early today. Records ... Read MORE...
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1922 - March 16 - WKY-AM in Oklahoma City OK begins radio transmissions
historyorb.com
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1924 - March 20 - A late winter storm in Oklahoma produced nearly a foot of snow at Oklahoma City.
WeatherForYou.com
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1935 - July 16 - 1st automatic parking meter in US installed (Oklahoma City, Ok)
historyorb.com
July 16, 1935
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1942 - THIRTY-ONE KILLED WHEN TORNADO STRIKES OKLAHOMA CITY. TWISTER STRIKES INTO SOUTHWEST CORNER OF CITY. LAYS WASTE AREA TWO BLOCKS SQUARE; MANY CRITICALLY INJURED; RELIEF AGENCIES AND ARMY RUSH RESCUE, AID FORCES TO SCENE.
Oklahoma City, June 13. - (AP) - Red Cross and other relief agencies cared today for 250 homeless victims of a tornado that killed 21 persons in a... Read MORE...
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1948 - March 25 - Tornadoes at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City
For the second time in less than a week airplanes were destroyed by a tornado at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City OK. A March 20th tornado destroyed fifty ... Read MORE...
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1949 - June 6 - WKY TV channel 4 in Oklahoma City, OK (NBC) 1st broadcast
historyorb.com
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1995 - Oklahoma City bombing
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Oklahoma City is the 7th windiest city in the U.S. with an average wind speed of 12.2 mph.
National Weather Service
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