WeekInTime Issue 83: Scallywags

Blackbeard is killed off the coast of North Carolina in 1718

Nov 27, 2022

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History Bites

This week in time…

🎭 Thespis becomes the first recorded actor in 534 B.C.
🦃 U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declares a national Thanksgiving Day in the United States in 1863
🏒 The National Hockey League (NHL) is formed in 1917
🍺U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Willis–Campbell Act, prohibiting doctors from prescribing beer for medic…

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