Today in History 09/24 (Devils Tower)

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Elevation: 5,112 feet
Area: 2.10 sq miles
Managed by: National Park Service
Established: Sep 24, 1906
First ascent: Jul 04, 1893

Devils Tower National Monument at sunset in Wyoming, United States
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(1906) Wyoming’s monolith becomes a monument.
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1877 | Japan’s Satsuma Rebellion ends with the samurai’s last stand
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1877 | Japan’s Satsuma Rebellion ends with the samurai’s last stand
A Westernized army is replacing the samurai warrior class and this loss of status has incited Saigō Takamori to lead 40,000 samurai in the Satsuma Rebellion. Samurai defeats, however, have left just 500 or so warriors to fight one last stand against 30,000 Imperial Army troops at the Battle of Shiroyama.1957 | Ebbet’s Field bids farewell to their beloved ‘bums’ the Brooklyn Dodgers
The Brooklyn Dodgers beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 in a bittersweet victory as the Dodgers plays their final game at Ebbet’s Field. Just two years after winning their first World Series, the team’s been bought and will be moving to Los Angeles, much to the chagrin of their New York fans.1982 | Prince predicts premillennial partying in ‘1999’
‘1999,’ the title track to the fifth album by rising Minneapolis music star Prince, hits the record stores and the airwaves. Its mixture of dance-party groove, cutting-edge synthesizers, and anti-nuke message grabs listeners almost two decades before the song’s titular time frame.
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Date: Sep 24, 1877
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