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The first motion picture theater opened in Los Angeles on April 2, 1902.
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- 1781 - Los Angeles founded
www.wikipedia.org - 1850 - April 4 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
historyorb.com - 1854 - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, a post-town, capital of Los Angeles county, California, on a small river of its own name, 30 miles from its mouth, and on the road from S...Read MORE... 
1877 - June 11 - The temperature at Los Angeles, CA, reached 112 degrees during a heatwave. It would have been the all-time record for Los Angeles but official records did not begin until twenty days later.
The Weather Channel
June 11, 1877
Brooms, Dusters & Brushes
Cass & Smurr Stove Co.
224 & 226 Sou. Spring St.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Advertisement- 1881 - December 4 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
historyorb.com - 1892 - PROVED A DEADLY SALUTE. SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED BY THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22. - The "Discovery Day" celebration here ended last night with a display of fireworks. Henry Wilson, who was in charge of th...Read MORE... - 1895 - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co, Cal. on a river of the same name, about 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, and 345 miles in a direct...Read MORE... - 1895 - March 19 - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
historyorb.com - 1900 - ELEVEN LABORERS ENTOMBED. Tunnel at Los Angeles Caves in - Eight Men Rescued - Inspector Dies of Injuries.
The west end of what is known as the Third-street tunnel, which is under construction between Hill and Hope streets, a distance of three blocks, at Lo...Read MORE... 
Broadway near Sixth St. looking north, Los Angeles, Cal.
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Union Station
"Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal,... Read MORE...
Postcard- 1901 - Los Angeles - The City of the Angels by Florence E. Winslow
"Very near the terrestrial paradise," said the old Spanish explorer of the sunlit country, where stood in a later century the pueblo of Los Angeles. V...Read MORE... - 1902 - April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
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April 2, 1902 
Broadway looking North from 5th st., 1905
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Residence of E. L. Doheney, Chester Place, 1907
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Fraternal Brotherhood, Figueroa st., 1909
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Exceeding the Speed Limit
California Alligator Farm, 1910
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Chinatown, 1910
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Hotel Lankershim
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The Lighthouse, San Pedro Harbor
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Singleton Court, Los Angeles, California
"On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"
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Steamship "President" entering Los Angeles Harbor, 1910
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Hotel Westmoore
Los Angeles, Cal.
Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
"Hotel Westmoore at Seventh and Francisco Streets...Built around 1880, the 80-room four-story frame structure was considered the finest family ... Read MORE...
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State Normal School
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Broadway looking north from Seventh
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View showing Hall of Records, Times Bldg., and City Hall
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Main St., looking South from 1st St., 1915
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Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co., Cal., is on a river of the same name, about 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 345 miles in a di...Read MORE... 
Los Angeles Athletic Club
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Los Angeles Ostrich Farm
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Palmetto Avenue
Postcard- 1920 - BIG AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGELES BURNED DOWN.
Los Angeles, Jan. 12. - Shrine auditorium, the largest hall here, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday.
Six firemen, one policeman and one ci...Read MORE... 
Biltmore Hotel
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Coliseum. Exposition Park. Los Angeles, Calif.
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Museum, Exposition Park
Postcard- 1923 - July 13 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
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July 13, 1923 - 1928 - May 15 - The animated short Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
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May 15, 1928 
The Planetarium, Griffith Park
Postcard- 1932 - July 30 - 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
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July 30, 1932 - January 15, 1932 - Up to two inches of snow whitened the Los Angeles basin of California.
The Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of Santa Monica were whitened with snow, in what proved to be a record sno...Read MORE... 
Air View Olympic Village, 1932
Postcard- 1933 - December 31 - A 24 hour rainfall of 7.36 inches set the stage for the worst flood in Los Angeles history. Flooding claimed 44 lives.
WeatherForYou.com - January 1, 1934 - Heavy rain which began on December 30th led to flooding in the Los Angeles Basin area of California.
Flooding claimed the lives of at least 45 persons. Walls of water and debris up to ten feet high were noted in some canyon areas. Rainfall totals rang...Read MORE... - 1935 - EXPRESS PLANE CRASHES, KILLS CREW OF THREE. WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FALLS, BURNS ONLY MILE FROM LOS ANGELES AIRPORT.
Los Angeles, Sept. 2. (U.P.) - A Western Air express plane crashed and burst into flames shortly before midnight, burning its crew of two men and a wo...Read MORE... - 1936 - October 9 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
historyorb.com - 1937 - January 19 – Howard Hughes establishes a record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
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January 19, 1937 - 1938 - March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
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March 2, 1938 
Seventh Street West from Broadway, 1938
Postcard- 1939 - September 25 - A west coast hurricane moved onshore south of Los Angeles bringing unprecedented rains along the southern coast of California.
Nearly five and a half inches of rain drenched Los Angeles during a 24 hour period. The hurricane caused two million dollars damage, mostly to structu...Read MORE... 
Alexandria Hotel
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Times Building
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Heavy Traffic and Bustling Crowds, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Postcard- 1943 - June 3 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.
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June 3, 1943 - 1949 - January 11 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
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Westlake Park, Elks Club, 1949
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Pershing Square Showing the Los Angeles Biltmore, 1953
Postcard- 1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated on June 6 in Los Angeles
- Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984
At the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Joan Benoit (today known as Joan Benoit Samuelson) finished the first-ever women’s marathon in 2:24.52.
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Old Photos, Pictures, Advertisements and Postcards from Los Angeles, California, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Brooms, Dusters & Brushes
Cass & Smurr Stove Co.
224 & 226 Sou. Spring St.
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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"Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal, replacing La Grande Station and Central Station.
Approved in a controversial ballot measure in 1926 and built in the 1930s, it served to consolidate rail services from a number of railroads (the Union Pacific, Santa Fe, and Southern Pacific) into one terminal station. Conceived on a grand scale, Union Station became known as the "Last of the Great Railway Stations" built in the United States. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980..."
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Union Station
"Los Angeles Union Station (LAUS) is the main railway station in Los Angeles, California, and the largest railroad passenger terminal in the Western United States. It opened in May 1939 as the Los Angeles Union Passenger Terminal,... Read MORE...
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Broadway near Sixth St. looking north, Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Broadway looking North from 5th st., 1905
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Residence of E. L. Doheney, Chester Place, 1907
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Fraternal Brotherhood, Figueroa st., 1909
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Los Angeles, Cal.
Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
"Hotel Westmoore at Seventh and Francisco Streets...Built around 1880, the 80-room four-story frame structure was considered the finest family hotel in the Southland. It was among the first to have a ballroom and banquet room. Its gardens stretched south to Eighth Street. By 1920, the Westmoore's reputation had started to decline."
Historic Hotels of Los Angeles and Hollywood
by Linda McCann, Dace Taube, Claude Zachary, Curtis C. Roseman
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Hotel Westmoore
Los Angeles, Cal.
Located at 1000 West 7th Street, the hotel was torn down in 1957.
"Hotel Westmoore at Seventh and Francisco Streets...Built around 1880, the 80-room four-story frame structure was considered the finest family ... Read MORE...
Los Angeles, California, USA
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State Normal School
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Exceeding the Speed Limit
California Alligator Farm, 1910
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Chinatown, 1910
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Hotel Lankershim
Los Angeles, California, USA
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The Lighthouse, San Pedro Harbor
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Singleton Court, Los Angeles, California
"On the Road of a Thousand Wonders"
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Steamship "President" entering Los Angeles Harbor, 1910
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Broadway looking north from Seventh
Los Angeles, California, USA
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View showing Hall of Records, Times Bldg., and City Hall
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Main St., looking South from 1st St., 1915
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Los Angeles Athletic Club
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Los Angeles Ostrich Farm
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Palmetto Avenue
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Biltmore Hotel
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Coliseum. Exposition Park. Los Angeles, Calif.
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Museum, Exposition Park
Los Angeles, California, USA
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The Planetarium, Griffith Park
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Air View Olympic Village, 1932
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Seventh Street West from Broadway, 1938
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Alexandria Hotel
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Times Building
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Heavy Traffic and Bustling Crowds, Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Westlake Park, Elks Club, 1949
Los Angeles, California, USA
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Pershing Square Showing the Los Angeles Biltmore, 1953
History, News and Stories of Los Angeles, California, USA
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1781 - Los Angeles founded
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Los Angeles - Travel Thru History
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1850 - April 4 - City of Los Angeles incorporated
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1854 - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, a post-town, capital of Los Angeles county, California, on a small river of its own name, 30 miles from its mouth, and on the road from... Read MORE...
1877 - June 11 - The temperature at Los Angeles, CA, reached 112 degrees during a heatwave. It would have been the all-time record for Los Angeles but official records did not begin until twenty days later.
The Weather Channel
June 11, 1877
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1881 - December 4 - The first edition of the Los Angeles Times is published.
historyorb.com
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1892 - PROVED A DEADLY SALUTE. SIX PERSONS WERE KILLED BY THE LOS ANGELES EXPLOSION.
Los Angeles, Cal., Oct. 22. - The "Discovery Day" celebration here ended last night with a display of fireworks. Henry Wilson, who was in charge of... Read MORE...
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1895 - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co, Cal. on a river of the same name, about 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean, and 345 miles in a... Read MORE...
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1895 - March 19 - Los Angeles Railway established to provide streetcar service
historyorb.com
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1900 - ELEVEN LABORERS ENTOMBED. Tunnel at Los Angeles Caves in - Eight Men Rescued - Inspector Dies of Injuries.
The west end of what is known as the Third-street tunnel, which is under construction between Hill and Hope streets, a distance of three blocks, at... Read MORE...
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1901 - Los Angeles - The City of the Angels by Florence E. Winslow
"Very near the terrestrial paradise," said the old Spanish explorer of the sunlit country, where stood in a later century the pueblo of Los Angeles.... Read MORE...
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1902 - April 2 - "Electric Theatre", the first full-time movie theater in the United States, opens in Los Angeles, California.
historyorb.com
April 2, 1902
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1916
Los Angeles, a city, the capital of Los Angeles co., Cal., is on a river of the same name, about 14 miles from the Pacific Ocean and 345 miles in a... Read MORE...
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1920 - BIG AUDITORIUM IN LOS ANGELES BURNED DOWN.
Los Angeles, Jan. 12. - Shrine auditorium, the largest hall here, was completely destroyed by fire yesterday.
Six firemen, one policeman and one... Read MORE...
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1923 - July 13 - The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland " but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
historyorb.com
July 13, 1923
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1928 - May 15 - The animated short Plane Crazy is released by Disney Studios in Los Angeles, featuring the first appearances of Mickey and Minnie Mouse.
www.wikipedia.org
May 15, 1928
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January 15, 1932 - Up to two inches of snow whitened the Los Angeles basin of California.
The Los Angeles Civic Center reported an inch of snow, and even the beaches of Santa Monica were whitened with snow, in what proved to be a record... Read MORE...
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1932 - July 30 - 10th modern Olympic games opens in Los Angeles
historyorb.com
July 30, 1932
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1933 - December 31 - A 24 hour rainfall of 7.36 inches set the stage for the worst flood in Los Angeles history. Flooding claimed 44 lives.
WeatherForYou.com
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January 1, 1934 - Heavy rain which began on December 30th led to flooding in the Los Angeles Basin area of California.
Flooding claimed the lives of at least 45 persons. Walls of water and debris up to ten feet high were noted in some canyon areas. Rainfall totals... Read MORE...
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1935 - EXPRESS PLANE CRASHES, KILLS CREW OF THREE. WESTERN AIR EXPRESS FALLS, BURNS ONLY MILE FROM LOS ANGELES AIRPORT.
Los Angeles, Sept. 2. (U.P.) - A Western Air express plane crashed and burst into flames shortly before midnight, burning its crew of two men and a... Read MORE...
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1936 - October 9 - Hoover Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles
historyorb.com
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1937 - January 19 – Howard Hughes establishes a record by flying from Los Angeles to New York City in 7 hours, 28 minutes and 25 seconds.
www.wikipedia.org
January 19, 1937
-
1938 - March 2 - Landslides & floods cause over 200 deaths (Los Angeles California)
historyorb.com
March 2, 1938
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1939 - September 25 - A west coast hurricane moved onshore south of Los Angeles bringing unprecedented rains along the southern coast of California.
Nearly five and a half inches of rain drenched Los Angeles during a 24 hour period. The hurricane caused two million dollars damage, mostly to... Read MORE...
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1943 - June 3 - A mob of 60 from the Los Angeles Naval Reserve Armory beat up everyone perceived to be Hispanic, starting the week-long Zoot Suit Riots.
historyorb.com
June 3, 1943
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1949 - January 11 - Snowfall 1st recorded in Los Angeles
historyorb.com
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1968 - Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy assassinated on June 6 in Los Angeles
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Joan Benoit wins the first women’s Olympic Marathon, 1984
At the 1984 Summer Games in Los Angeles, Joan Benoit (today known as Joan Benoit Samuelson) finished the first-ever women’s marathon in 2:24.52.
history.com
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