Good morning from the frozen environs of Western New York. Today is Saturday, Jan. 31, 2026. I have seven degrees showing on my weather station. Might get to fifteen today. Years ago, weather like this was pretty much standard fare.
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1865: Congress passes, by a vote of 121-24, the 13th Amendment to the US Constitution, abolishing slavery in the United States except as punishment for a crime.
1901: Anton Chekhov’s play Three Sisters opens at Moscow Art Theater.
1905: The first automobile to exceed 100 mph (161 kph): British daredevil Arthur Macdonald drive a Napier six-cylinder racing car named “Samson” on sands of Daytona Beach, Fla., notching a top speed of 104 mph.
1928: Scotch tape is first marketed by 3-M company.
1929: Leon Trotsky is
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