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Historical Headlines: Prohibition, Dating, and Tech Milestones

Historical Headlines: Prohibition, Dating, and Tech Milestones

Update: 2025-12-09
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In 1925, Spokanes Womens Christian Temperance Union protested against department stores displaying alcohol-related items, violating Prohibition laws. Meanwhile, the East Washington and North Idaho Baptist Convention considered buying Conkling Park for a summer resort. In 1975, a coroners jury was selected for a police shooting case, all members being white, and Whitman Colleges student government passed a resolution allowing women to ask men out on dates, with the condition that women would pay if they initiated the date. In 1968, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated his NLS, or oN-Line System, introducing many modern computing concepts for the first time.

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Historical Headlines: Prohibition, Dating, and Tech Milestones

Historical Headlines: Prohibition, Dating, and Tech Milestones