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Handel's Messiah, Darwin's Galápagos & US Constitution Signed | Sep 14–20
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This week in history: Handel completes the Messiah in 24 days, Darwin steps ashore in the Galápagos, and 39 men sign the US Constitution. From the Mayflower's departure to New Zealand granting women the vote, eight centuries of world-changing moments share one calendar week.
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On November second, nineteen twenty, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a small transmitter atop the Westinghouse building crackled to life and changed everything. KDKA — the first licensed commercial radio station in America — went on the air that night broadcasting live returns from the presidential election between Warren Harding and James Cox.
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