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Today is the 184th day of 2023. There are 181 days left in the year. TODAY'S HIGHLIGHT 2006: Virgin Atlantic Airways makes its inaugural flight to Jamaica. OTHER EVENTS AD 321: Roman em...
History Guy focuses on how Kansas became a state 160 years ago Friday Abolitionist John Brown fiercely holds a rifle in one hand and a Bible in the other in "Tragic Prelude," a mural inside the Kansas Statehouse illustrating the early history of what would become the state of Kansas. This week's History Guy video at CJOnline focuses on the events that led to Kansas becoming the nation's 34th state 160 years ago this coming Friday. The U.S. acquired most of modern Kansas from France through the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. The Kansas/Nebraska Act in 1854 then opened the Kansas and Nebraska ...