Today in History: February 3
1690 – First paper money in America issued in the colony of Massachusetts 1740 – Charles de Bourbon, King of Naples, invites Jews to return to Sicily 1882 – Circus owner P.T. Barnum buys his world famous elephant, Jumbo. Jumbo was born in East Africa in late 1960, was captured two years later and brought...
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