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🏡 1960s house plans, a killer blizzard, young Barbra Streisand, 80s kids shoes, REO Speedwagon trucks, 90s shampoos, apple spice roast recipe, love in the 1910s & more!

January 29, 2026

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How the inspirational Wright Brothers took the first powered flight - and how it changed everything (1903)

The Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, were the dynamic duo who took humanity's dream of flight from mere fantasy to tangible reality. Here's how they made history.

clickamericana.com/topics/discoveries-inventions/how-the-wright-brothers-took-the-first-powered-flight

Looking back: Things to do by telephone, from 1966

Telephone history, plus see 50 old phones, like early rotary-dial models - Click Americana

It was on that memorable day in telephone history - June 2, 1875 - when Bell and Watson were testing a number of transmitters, connected by a single wire to a corresponding set of vibrating reed receivers, that the first sounds were transmitted electrically.

clickamericana.com/topics/discoveries-inventions/the-history-of-the-telephone-with-50-examples-of-old-phones

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