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Today in history – April 3, 2018

1860 – Pony Express debuts http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pony-express-debuts 1882 – Jesse James is murdered http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jesse-james-is-murdered 1974 – Series of deadly twisters hits U.S. heartland http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/series-of-deadly-twisters-hits-u-s-heartland 1978 –…


Today in history – April 2, 2018

1513 – Ponce de Leon discovers Florida http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/ponce-de-leon-discovers-florida 1805 – Hans Christian Andersen is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hans-christian-andersen-is-born 1917 – Wilson asks for declaration of war http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/wilson-asks-for-declaration-of-war…


Today in history – April 1, 2018

1700 – April Fools tradition popularized http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/april-fools-tradition-popularized 1789 – First U.S. House of Representatives elects speaker http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-u-s-house-of-representatives-elects-speaker 1816 – Jane Austen declines royal writing advice…


Today in history – March 31, 2018

1889 – Eiffel Tower opens http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/eiffel-tower-opens 1931 – Knute Rockne, Studebaker namesake, dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/knute-rockne-studebaker-namesake-dies 1943 – Oklahoma! premieres on Broadway http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/oklahoma-premieres-on-broadway 1959 – Dalai Lama…


Today in history – March 30, 2018

1820 – Anna Sewell, author of Black Beauty, is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/anna-sewell-author-of-black-beauty-is-born 1870 – 15th Amendment adopted http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/15th-amendment-adopted 1965 – Bomb explodes outside U.S. Embassy in…


Today in history – March 29, 2018

1929 – Herbert Hoover has telephone installed in Oval Office http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/herbert-hoover-has-telephone-installed-in-oval-office 1951 – Rosenbergs convicted of espionage http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/rosenbergs-convicted-of-espionage 1974 – Mariner 10 visits Mercury http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mariner-10-visits-mercury…


Safford boy attacked by dog

SAFFORD – On Saturday afternoon, Safford police were called to the Mount Graham Medical Center emergency room to speak to the mother of a boy…


Bomb threat at mine

GRAHAM –  On Friday morning, the Graham County Sheriff deputies responded to a bomb threat at the Freeport McMoran mine near Safford. When the deputies…