Dan Roe
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The Deadly 1936 Heat Wave Helped Popularize Shorts in the US | HISTORY (opens the original)
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Extreme heat plagued the United States and Canada for three months during the summer of 1936. More Americans began wearing shorts in the 1930s, particularly during the blazing 1936 North American summer heat wave. It was 120 degrees Fahrenheit the day residents of Altus, Oklahoma, believed Jasper Pendleton was wearing shorts while riding his bicycle. Thankfully for Pendleton, they were mistaken. In an effort to beat the historic mid-August heat, he had merely rolled up his pants. It was a close
Why Political Candidates Visit the Iowa State Fair | HISTORY (opens the original)
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Since the 1970s, the August state fair has routinely hosted state and federal political candidates hoping to sway Iowa voters. President George W. Bush waves to the crowd at the Iowa State Fair on August 14, 2002. The fair has been a popular political campaign stop since the 1970s. The August before each presidential election year, candidates for the nation’s highest office make a pilgrimage to Des Moines to pay tribute to a life-size cow made of butter. At the Iowa State Fair, incumbent preside
The Grueling Footrace Across the US on Route 66 | HISTORY (opens the original)
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In 1928, nearly 200 runners toed the line to cross America in a race so tough it earned the nickname the “Bunion Derby.” Nearly 200 men started the 1928 coast-to-coast footrace that was designed to promote the newly established Route 66. The 1928 Transcontinental Foot Race, better known as the “Bunion Derby,” was one of the most ambitious sporting spectacles of the Roaring ’20s. The grueling 3,422-mile race promised to promote the newly established Route 66, but it left its mastermind, sports pr
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