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document.write('<p class="rss-title"><a class="rss-title" href="http://www.thefreedictionary.com" target="_blank">This Day in History</a><br /><span class="rss-item">This Day in History is a free service of TheFreeDictionary.com</span></p>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/General+Tom+Thumb" title="&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;clear:left&quot; src=&quot;http://img.tfd.com/IOD/GeneralTomThumbWeddingHarpers.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;116&quot; /&gt;General Tom Thumb, born Charles Sherwood Stratton, began touring with ci..." target="_blank">General Tom Thumb Marries Lavinia Warren (1863)</a><br />');
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document.write('<img align=\"left\" style=\"clear:left\" src=\"http://img.tfd.com/IOD/GeneralTomThumbWeddingHarpers.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"116\" />General Tom Thumb, born Charles Sherwood Stratton, began touring with circus pioneer P.T. Barnum in 1843 at the tender age of five. Stratton\'s short stature?he was a mere 3 feet, 4 inches (102 cm) tall when he died?and his comedic impersonations quickly made him an international success. In 1863, Stratton married Lavinia Warren, another performer in Barnum\'s show. Their marriage was front-page news, and thousands joined them at their wedding reception. What marks Stratton\'s grave? <a href=\"http://forum.thefreedictionary.com/postst6346_General-Tom-Thumb-Marries-Lavinia-Warren--1863-.aspx\">Discuss</a><br clear=\"all\"/>');
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document.write('<li class="rss-item"><a class="rss-item" href="http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/volleyball" title="&lt;img align=&quot;left&quot; style=&quot;clear:left&quot; src=&quot;http://img.tfd.com/IOD/Volleyball_dig.jpg&quot; width=&quot;100&quot; height=&quot;66&quot; /&gt;William G. Morgan invented volleyball in Holyoke, Massachusetts, just four years after b..." target="_blank">William G. Morgan Invents Volleyball (1895)</a><br />');
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document.write('<img align=\"left\" style=\"clear:left\" src=\"http://img.tfd.com/IOD/Volleyball_dig.jpg\" width=\"100\" height=\"66\" />William G. Morgan invented volleyball in Holyoke, Massachusetts, just four years after basketball was invented in the neighboring town of Springfield. Morgan, a physical education director, created \"Mintonette\" for older athletes who wanted to play indoor sports but for whom basketball was too rough. Mintonette was later renamed volleyball because the point of the game is to \"volley\" the ball back and forth over a net. Morgan\'s game took several of its characteristics from what two sports?<br clear=\"all\"/>');
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