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Today would’ve been #50 for #40. Happy birthday to Chris Street. Hard to believe he’s been gone for 29 years. #Hawkeyes

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Helen Keller on New Year's Day 1922: “To the people of Des Moines, I wish a happy New Year; a year of cheer and prosperity; the best kind of a year that your people could wish for themselves."

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@jaymclaren @DMRsports Yep, played less than 3 full quarters

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From 1995: Iowa State's Troy Davis scores a TD against UNLV on Sept. 23, 1995. Davis tied a #Cyclones record with 5 rushing TDs and set a new team record with 302 yards that day.

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Today won’t be the first time #yankees stars come to Iowa for a game.

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig played in Des Moines shortly after winning the 1927 World Series.
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From 1946: An unidentified employee of Pfister Associated Growers treats one of the company's corn fields near Monroe with DDT dust to get rid of European corn borers.

More photos in #Iowa from 75 years ago: https://t.co/U9IIQk7wC2

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46 @DMRegister photos from 1946 to give you a look at what life in #Iowa was like 75 years ago.
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From 1936: Students study and socialize in the library at Des Moines Roosevelt High School.

More @DMRegister archive photos from Roosevelt @DSMRoosevelt: https://t.co/uZ3WCxawcx

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On this date in 1973, the "great snowstorm" began in Iowa. Before it was over, some parts of the state had drifts as tall as 16 feet.
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Cheers to the late Harriette Curley, a @DrakeUniversity grad hired at Perkins Elementary in @DMschools 75 years ago this fall. Bigoted parents protested. Administration supported her. She persevered, a successful career. 1st Black FT teacher since segregated DM schools of 1870s.

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A bit of an #iawx thread:

Recently @Philip_Joens put together a list of Des Moines' top 10 single-day snowfalls, 9 of which reached at least a foot.

It's possible today's storm makes that list, although I'm hoping not.
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Earliest mention of Hank Aaron in the @DMRegister is June 7, 1952, when he and the Indianapolis Clowns played the Kansas City Monarchs in a Negro League game at Pioneer Memorial Stadium in Des Moines.

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From 1987: Then-Delaware Sen. @JoeBiden (serving) found time for a racquetball game at the #DesMoines #YMCA while he was campaigning in #Iowa. With the home court advantage, Mike Nixon (pictured) won.

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From 1942: Kathryn Patrick, Betty Tranbarger, LaVonne Dalton, all from Des Moines, jokingly hitchhike Jan. 1, 1942, from a snowbank along Grand Ave.

19.8 inches of snow fell that day, which still stands as the record for most snow on any one day in Des Moines.
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The @DMRegister's Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Frank Miller created this illustration after John Lennon was shot and killed Dec. 8, 1980.

It ran on 1A of the Register, Dec. 11, 1980.

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Considered "nearly fireproof" when it opened Dec. 4, 1909, the Des Moines Coliseum burned to the ground in 1949.
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@paulflahive @LHFarms You bet! Photos made by @DMRegister staffers are available for purchase. There's a "buy photo" button on images in this gallery. https://t.co/gREQ6gNnek

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From 1979: On Oct. 4 350,000 people visited the grounds of @LHFarms in #Urbandale to see Pope John Paul II. Story: https://t.co/IAzxH7AAWG

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100 years ago in the @DMRegister: Republican Warren G. Harding defeats James M. Cox for the presidency.

Harding died less than 3 years later (Aug. 2, 1923), when he had a heart attack in San Francisco.

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A season later, in 1923, Ruth would hit 41 home runs and drive in 130 runs in his only MVP season, which ended with the #Yankees winning its first #WorldSeries.

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From 1922: New York slugger Babe Ruth takes a swing during an exhibition game Oct. 13, 1922, in Perry.

Ruth, playing for Perry against #Yankees teammate Bob Meusel and Pella, tripled twice and had an infield single for the home team, which won 12-4.

Register photo: George Yates

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The game drew 800 fans but promoters lost money because they promised Ruth and Meusel $2,000 and only took in $1,100, Taylor reported.