DuBOIS GENERAL HISTORY CALENDAR - SELECTED EVENTS
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January 2 1985 Hostage situation at DuBois Business College ends without injuries
January 3 1977 Chessie System announces closing of B & O car shop in DuBois
January 3 1938 Penn State Undergraduate Center moves into DuBois Mansion
January 6 1898 DuBois Hospital on Scribner Avenue in DuBois started by the Sisters of Mercy
January 6 1880 Birthday of DuBois movie star Tom Mix
January 9 1942 Reynoldsville Silk Plant burns
January 10 1930 Carlton Theater opens as DuBois’ second "talkie" theater
January 12 1898 DuBois Hospital started by Sisters of Mercy
January 11 1881 Courts grant charter incorporating City of DuBois
January 12 1889 Death of DuBois community founder John Rumbarger
January 14, 1943 Churchill & Roosevelt Meet In Casablanca WW II Strategy
January 17, 1991 Desert Storm Air War Begins
January 17 1881 Noted composer George Rosenkrans born in Penfield
January 20, 2005 DuBois fireman Walter "Matt' Sarnoski killed in route to an accident scene
January 27 1937 WPA project enlarged DuBois Reservoir from 86 to 206 acres
January 28, 1973 Peace in Vietnam announced
January 30, 1968 Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive
January 30, 1948 Imperial Hotel in Reynoldsville burns
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February 2, 1955 Nine DuBois firemen injured in Sons of Italy fire on Long Ave
February 3 1942 DuBois Brewery ice house destroyed by fire
February 6, 1886 DuBois City Hotel burns
February 8, 1982 After presentation by Lou Barsi Chamber of Commerce endorses forming Historical Society
February 8, 1982 Dr John Furlow chairs Histtorical Society founding committee; Becomes 1st Society President Sept 1982
February 8, 1953 Fire at Blankfield’s Jewelry store on Long Ave
Februry 10 1977 Long Avenue fire destroys four smll businesses
February 12 1809 Lincoln's Birthday Died April 15, 1865
February 14 1941 WCED first broadcast
February 15 1889 300 carloads of ice shipped from Sabula this winter
February 16, 1874 1st Post Office in DuBois Community named Rumbarger
February 19, 1945 Battle of Ivo Jima begins
February 19, 1899 John E DuBois Fire Engine Company formed
February 20 1962 John Glenn 1st Earth orbit
February 20, 1895 Birthdate of Lt Geo Montgomery for whom the DuBois Legion Post is named. Killed in WW I 1918
February 20 1911 DuBois High School on Liberty Boulevard opens
February 21 1884 Logs and mud in Pentz Run block water source for DuBois
February 22, 1732 Washington's Birthday Died Dec 14, 1799
February 23 - 27, 1991 Desert Storm Ground War 100 Hours
February 25 1954 Helvetia Mine closed after 63 years in operation
February 26 1984 John E. DuBois Jr. dies at age 84
February 26 1958 Brady Twp fire Company formed
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March 3 1809 Birthdate of City founder John DuBois; died 1886
March 3, 1892 John E DuBois Opera House & Company Store burns
March 3 1892 John E DuBois Opera House, compant store and fire hall burn down
March 4, 1940 General Pershing Hotel opened; formerly the Commercial Hotel
March 4, 2010 Firemen rescue 3 women in DuBois State Street fire
March 6, 1887 Anderson Creek Reservoir turned over to City of DuBois
March 7, 1883 BR&P RR arrives in DuBois
March 7 1945 US Troops into Germany at Remagen
March 8 1927 Big Run Tannery burns down
March 8, 1982 Penn Traffic Department store in DuBois closes
March 10, 1894 DuBois Fourth Ward Hose Company organized
March 17 1936 St Patrick's Day Floods
March 20, 1920 Three firemen injured fighting major blaze that destroyed half a block on Brady St
March 22, 1861 DuBois School Dist organized 1st Board mtg
March 23, 1896 Thirteen miners killed in #1 Shaft explosion near site of today's DuBois Mall
March 27 1942 First coal shipped from Rochester Mine, present site of Christ the King Manor
March 30 1972 DuBois Brewery closed permanently by Iron City Brewing
March 31, 1856 Birth of DuBois Brewery founder Frank Hahne, Sr
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April 2 1873 Sabula RR Tunnel cut through; known as McFadden’s Tunnel
April 3, 1860 - The Pony Express service began out west
April 4, 1949 - Twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO
April 4, 1968 - Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was shot and killed
April 6 1917 US Enters WW I
April 9 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
April 10, 1942 - WW II Bataan Death March began - thousands died
April 10, 1967 DuBois fireman Joseph Hanson dies fighting Sterling Discount Store fire
April 10 2012 Company announces plans to close Reynoldsville Casket factory
April 11, 1970 - Apollo 13 launched - Houston we have a problem
April 12, 1861 - The Civil War began with attack on Fort Sumter, SC
April 12, 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt died
April 12, 1981 First Space Shuttle (Columbia) launched
April 13 1890 Charter granted to DuBois Traction Co for DuBois trolley service
April 13 1890 Charter granted for DuBois Trolley system to operate on Plank Road
April 15 1912 Titanic disaster - over 1500 passengers and crew perished
April 14 1865 Lincoln shot - died the following day Apr 15
April 17 1961 John E DuBois fire hall guted by fire
April 17, 1961 Cuban Bay of Pigs
April 18, 1775 - The ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes warning patriots
April 18, 1942 - The first air raid on Japan led by General James Doolittle
April 18, 1906 - The great San Francisco Earthquake
April 19, 1775 - Patriots fire shot heard round the world Lexington, Mass
April 19, 1995 - Federal building bombing in Oklahoma City
April 19 1961 John E DuBois Hose Co building destroyed by fire
April 20, 1999 Columbine HS shooting
April 21, 1918 - WWI Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen) was shot down and killed
April 22, 1889 - The Oklahoma "sooners" land rush
April 22 1865 Major McCreight born DuBois Chief Tchanta Tanka
April 23, 2009 Perkins Restaurant in DuBois destroyed by fire
April 25 1898 Spanish-American War Begins
April 26, 1986 - Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown
April 26 1975 DuBois Mansion placed on National Landmark list for all the good it did
April 28, 1789 - Mutiny on board the British ship Bounty
April 28 1931 DuBois Boy Scout constitution and by-laws adopted
April 30, 1789 - George Washington takes oath as first U.S. President
April 30, 1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title
April 30 1975 VietNam War ends
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May 1 1857 Armed raftsmen attack log drivers on Clearfield Creek driving them away
May 2, 2011 Navy Seals kill Osama Bin Laden
May 3 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea begins
May 3 1955 Last B & O RR steam locomotive passenger train exits DuBois
May 4, 1922 Goodwill Hose Co open
May 5 1986 Fire destroys Shortway Service storage facility at old Brewery site
May 5, 1886 Death of city founder and lumber magnate John DuBois
May 8, 1876 Area Post Office name changed from Rumbarger to DuBois
May 8 1892 Cornerstone laid for St Catherine’s church
May 8, 1945 VE Day
May 12 1812 George Shaffer settles in Sandy Twp
May 15 1959 Kramer mines close
May 15 1901 First motion picture shown at DuBois Opera House
May 16 1927 First issue of DuBois Daily Express published
May 17 1920 Five houses and two business sites destroyed in Troutville fire
May 20, 1935 PSU DuBois Center Established
Mat 21 1908 Can of black powder explodes on trolley between DuBois and Eriton
May 22 1901 Famous John Philip Sousa band performs in DuBois
May 23, 1940 DuBois Boy Scouts incorporated
May 25 1810 Birthdate of city founder John Rumbarger
May 30, 1900 DuBois Knights of Columbus organized
May 30, 1928 Veterans Circle dedicated at Rumbarger Cemetery by Legion Memorial Day program
May 30 1950 Major loss in Kaufman Bldg fire on Brady Street
May 31, 1985 Tornadoes hit Penfield Winterburn area and Parker Dam
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June 1 1889 Sabula Dam breaks sends flood waters as far as Reynoldsville moving Iron Bridge
June 4 1942 Battle of Midway begins
June 4 1949 Way Memorial ballfield dedicated
June 5 1897 DuBois Brewery sells first beer; brewery started by Frank Hahne Sr
June 6 1944 D-day Normandy Invasion
June 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy dies of gunshot wounds
June 6, 1918 US Marine James Patterson killed in action in WW I; DuBois VFW Post named in his honor
June 14 1919 DuBois Americal Legion Post granted Charter
June 12 1949 Last visit to DuBois of Johnny Jones Carnival; had 40 RR cars
June 13 1904 DuBois Lumber Mill closes; operation moved to Hicks Run in Cameron County
June 14 1919 DuBois American Legion Post chartered
June 17 1914 City of DuBois inc
June 18 1888 Anniversary Great DuBois Fire that destroyed vast portion of downtown DuBois
June 18 1929 First DuBois Airport dedicated
June 19 1888 Volunteer Hose Co No 1 organizes following Great DuBois fire
June 22 1972 Hurricane Agnes causes major area flooding
June 23 1933 S.B. Eliot Park dedicated
June 20 1876 First DuBois doctor, W.J. Smathers opens office on Main St
June 25 1950 N Korea Invades South Korea
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July 1 1874 Allegheny RR Opens Its Sabula Tunnel
July 2, 1873 Plank Rd survey, today's DuBois Blvd, by Geo Kirk; road built on planked trestles by John DuBois
July 2 1922 Thomas Edison vists DuBois 50th Anniversary
July 4 Independence Day
July 9 1838 noted songwriter Phillip Bliss born in log cabin near Penfield
July 10 1872 First lots sold in DuBois
July 11, 1872 Survey of area for town of Rumbarger - later re-named DuBois
July 11 1890 First Ward (Goodwill) Hose Company formed
July 13 1930 Tom MIx on stage Avenue Theatre
July 14 1949 HiWay Drive-in DuBois Opened by A.P. Way
July 15 1949 Mohawk Indians visit Major McCreight adopt him into their Wolf Clan
July 16, 1942 DuBois Lions Club founded
July 16, 1945 Test of first Atomic Bomb
July 17 1872 John Rumbarger settles in what later becomes Rumbarger Town then DuBois
July 17, 1911 Twenty-one miners killed in explosion at Sykesville's Cascade Mine
July 18 2013 The Wigwam, summer home of Major McCreight torn down
July 19 1882 First R & P RR passenger train exits DuBois
July 21 1969 First Moon Landing: Armstrong & Aldrin
July 24 1956 DuBois United Way organized by Paul Reitz
July 25 1924 Shaft No. 1 coal mine (near DuBois Mall) closed after 31 years
July 25 1895 Falls Creek Hose Company formed
July 26 1980 Hicks Farm near Luthersburg destroyed by major fire
July 27, 1953 Armistice signed in Korea
July 28 1917 James Patterson enlists in USMC, was 1st area soldier killed in WW I on June 6, 1918 at age 24
July 29 1895 Falls Creek Volunteer Fire Co established
July 30, 1785 James Woodside 1st white to settle in Brady Twp
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August 1 1785 George Shaffer’s land claim in DuBois area surveyed
August 2 1933 DuBois police get first patrol car, replacing motorcycle
August 4, 1944 Anne Frank and family captured by Nazi's
August 5 1964 Congress approves "all needed action" in VietNam
August 5 1926 DuBois Union Traction Co goes bankrupt; equipment auctioned off
August 6, 1945 Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 7 1910 Fouth Ward Hose Company formed
August 8, 1974 Nixon resigns
August 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 11 1972 US Combat Troops leave South VietNam
August 11, 1960 "Dime Store Row" fire on Long Ave in DuBois ; four business buildings burn
August 12 1929 Avenue Theatre presented 1st "talkies"
August 12 1972 Over a dozen firms sign leases to occupy DuBois Mall
August 14, 1945 VJ Day Japan Surrenders
August 15, 1969 Woodstock
August 15, 1939 Premier of Wizard of Oz
August 16, 1977 Elvis Presley dies
August 17 1977 Fire destroys Shaffners Furniture in Falls Creek
August 25 1910 Opening new DuBois Country Club Building
August 25, 1874 Major Reynoldsville fire destroys multiple businesses, twenty-one buildings
August 27 1941 The Willows on Park Avenue burns
August 28, 1963 King's I have a Dream Speech in Wash. DC
August 31, 1997 Death of Princess Diana at age 36
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Sept 1982 John Furlow becomes Historical Society's first president
Sept 1 1904 Man known as "Black Spot" hung for local murder
Sept 1, 1920 DuBois Public Library opens
Sept 2 1945 V-J Day Formal Japanese Surrender Signed in Tokyo Bay
Sept 2 1902 Avenue Theater on Long Avenue in DuBois opens
Sept 3 1943 Allies land in Italy
Sept 7 1847 First Clearfield Co land deeded to John DuBois
Sept 8 1893 St Catherines Church dedicated
Sept 10 1908 Strobel’s airship performs at DuBois Fair powered by small 10 HP engine
Sept 11 1884 First edition of DuBois Daily Courier published
Sept 11 1888 John E DuBois Hose Co founded – Third Ward
Sept 11 2001 World Trade Center attack
Sept 14, 1975 Hotel Logan on N Brady destroyed by fire; one killed; DuBois fireman Bob Baronick rescues four
Sept 17 1961 Central Christian HS Opens
Sept 18 1951 DAR dedicates monument to Rev War veteran Geo Shaffer at Rumbarger Cemetery
Sept 18 1890 DuBois purchases "Old Sue, horse-drawn steam fire engine
Sept 19 1904 First Buffalo and Susquehanna train reaches DuBois via "new" Sabula Tunnel
Sept 22, 1985 Jackson China closes after being in operation since 1917
Sept 23 Baltimore & Ohio RR car shops (originally Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh) in DuBois demolished
Sept 27, 1930 Mansell Stadium dedication
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Oct 1, 1939 DuBois fireman Michael Hrin dies in line of duty; first fireman killed
Oct 1 1918 1st case of Spanish Flu in DuBois; by Oct 3 over 100 were ill
Oct 2 2005 Fox’s Pizza on Long Avenue in DuBois burns
Oct 3 1903 Water from Anderson Creek arrives in DuBois
Oct 7 1918 Spanish Flu kills 56 in Village of Wishaw outside Reynoldsville
Oct 7 2001 US Operations begin in Afghanistan
Oct 8 1918 Maple Ave Hospital opens early to treat ill from Spanish Flu
Oct 10 1894 Last cows banned from city streets in DuBois
Oct 12 1883 DuBois Express first published as weekly newspaper
Oct 12 1940 Death of Tom Mix in Arizona car crash
Oct 15 1955 Last Passenger train leaves DuBois; Buffalo-Pittsburgh Division of the B & O RR
Oct 17 1891 DuBois trolley line opens
Oct 19 1915 DuBois Hospital opened w/50 beds by Sisters of Mercy on former site of Electric Park
Oct 21, 1989 1st Parochial School St Catherine's under direction of Father Bernard McGivney
Oct 27 1937 Harris Theatre Opens in DuBois
Oct 30, 1965 Fire guts Concord Restaurant and damages Elks Ballroom on S. Brady
Oct 31 1940 Old Pennsylvania RR passenger station on Park Place gutted by fire
Oct 31 1982 Simon Dahrouge store on corner of Long and Main closes after 75 years
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Nov 1 1950 DuBois Secret Service Agent Toad Boring in shootout protecting Pres Truman
Nov 1, 1940 Fire destroys Pa. RR passenger station on Park Place in DuBois
Nov 4, 1901 DuBois BR&P RR Shops open
Nov 9, 1924 St Joseph's groundbreaking
Nov 9, 1909 St Catherines of Siena badly damaged by fire
Nov 11 1934 John E DuBois dies - leaves Beaver Meadows to city
Nov 13 1918 Local business and church meetings restrictions caused by Spainsh Flu ended
Nov 13, 1982 Vietrnam Memorial dedicated
Nov 15 1889 Luthersburg fire destoys multiple businesses and homes
Nov 16 1988 The Big Mill in DuBois closed for season after sawing 23,000,000 board feet of local lumber
Nov 22 1963 JFK assassination
Nov 26, 1903 Eva Gleason's house of ill repute on the Flats in DuBois burns; minor injuries to girls
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Dec 4 1886 DuBois Opera House grand opening
Dec 4 1900 DuBois Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution founded
Dec 7 1941 Helvetia Company store burns
Dec 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked
Dec 11 1922 Then Vice President Calvin Coolidge spends night with John Reed in Reynoldsville
Dec 11, 1941 Hitler & Italy's Mussolini declare war on USA
Dec 13 1899 DuBois gets first B.R.&P. RR car shops
Dec 15 1899 Concrete roadway between DuBois and Sabula opened
Dec 16 1944 Battle of the Bulge
Dec 6 1883 One block in DuBois destroyed by fire
Dec 17 1984 DuBois and Maple-Hospitals merge form DRMC
Dec 18, 2009 Two dead six injured in Jared-Long Ave blaze
Dec 24 1926 Final trolley car trip through DuBois
Dec 25 1930 Death of nationally known Johnny Jones whose show cited DuBois as Capital of World
Dec 26, 1963 DuBois Chamber of Commerce Inc
Dec 28 1897 Telephone switchboard serevice opened in DuBois
Dec 28, 1944 Birthdate of Jack Loweranitis, highly decorated DuBois Marine killed in Viet Nam March 3, 1967
Dec 31 1962 Major fire damage at Valentines Steak House corner of S Brady and Washington Ave
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January 2 1985 Hostage situation at DuBois Business College ends without injuries
January 3 1977 Chessie System announces closing of B & O car shop in DuBois
January 3 1938 Penn State Undergraduate Center moves into DuBois Mansion
January 6 1898 DuBois Hospital on Scribner Avenue in DuBois started by the Sisters of Mercy
January 6 1880 Birthday of DuBois movie star Tom Mix
January 9 1942 Reynoldsville Silk Plant burns
January 10 1930 Carlton Theater opens as DuBois’ second "talkie" theater
January 12 1898 DuBois Hospital started by Sisters of Mercy
January 11 1881 Courts grant charter incorporating City of DuBois
January 12 1889 Death of DuBois community founder John Rumbarger
January 14, 1943 Churchill & Roosevelt Meet In Casablanca WW II Strategy
January 17, 1991 Desert Storm Air War Begins
January 17 1881 Noted composer George Rosenkrans born in Penfield
January 20, 2005 DuBois fireman Walter "Matt' Sarnoski killed in route to an accident scene
January 27 1937 WPA project enlarged DuBois Reservoir from 86 to 206 acres
January 28, 1973 Peace in Vietnam announced
January 30, 1968 Viet Cong launch Tet Offensive
January 30, 1948 Imperial Hotel in Reynoldsville burns
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February 2, 1955 Nine DuBois firemen injured in Sons of Italy fire on Long Ave
February 3 1942 DuBois Brewery ice house destroyed by fire
February 6, 1886 DuBois City Hotel burns
February 8, 1982 After presentation by Lou Barsi Chamber of Commerce endorses forming Historical Society
February 8, 1982 Dr John Furlow chairs Histtorical Society founding committee; Becomes 1st Society President Sept 1982
February 8, 1953 Fire at Blankfield’s Jewelry store on Long Ave
Februry 10 1977 Long Avenue fire destroys four smll businesses
February 12 1809 Lincoln's Birthday Died April 15, 1865
February 14 1941 WCED first broadcast
February 15 1889 300 carloads of ice shipped from Sabula this winter
February 16, 1874 1st Post Office in DuBois Community named Rumbarger
February 19, 1945 Battle of Ivo Jima begins
February 19, 1899 John E DuBois Fire Engine Company formed
February 20 1962 John Glenn 1st Earth orbit
February 20, 1895 Birthdate of Lt Geo Montgomery for whom the DuBois Legion Post is named. Killed in WW I 1918
February 20 1911 DuBois High School on Liberty Boulevard opens
February 21 1884 Logs and mud in Pentz Run block water source for DuBois
February 22, 1732 Washington's Birthday Died Dec 14, 1799
February 23 - 27, 1991 Desert Storm Ground War 100 Hours
February 25 1954 Helvetia Mine closed after 63 years in operation
February 26 1984 John E. DuBois Jr. dies at age 84
February 26 1958 Brady Twp fire Company formed
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March 3 1809 Birthdate of City founder John DuBois; died 1886
March 3, 1892 John E DuBois Opera House & Company Store burns
March 3 1892 John E DuBois Opera House, compant store and fire hall burn down
March 4, 1940 General Pershing Hotel opened; formerly the Commercial Hotel
March 4, 2010 Firemen rescue 3 women in DuBois State Street fire
March 6, 1887 Anderson Creek Reservoir turned over to City of DuBois
March 7, 1883 BR&P RR arrives in DuBois
March 7 1945 US Troops into Germany at Remagen
March 8 1927 Big Run Tannery burns down
March 8, 1982 Penn Traffic Department store in DuBois closes
March 10, 1894 DuBois Fourth Ward Hose Company organized
March 17 1936 St Patrick's Day Floods
March 20, 1920 Three firemen injured fighting major blaze that destroyed half a block on Brady St
March 22, 1861 DuBois School Dist organized 1st Board mtg
March 23, 1896 Thirteen miners killed in #1 Shaft explosion near site of today's DuBois Mall
March 27 1942 First coal shipped from Rochester Mine, present site of Christ the King Manor
March 30 1972 DuBois Brewery closed permanently by Iron City Brewing
March 31, 1856 Birth of DuBois Brewery founder Frank Hahne, Sr
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April 2 1873 Sabula RR Tunnel cut through; known as McFadden’s Tunnel
April 3, 1860 - The Pony Express service began out west
April 4, 1949 - Twelve nations signed the treaty creating NATO
April 4, 1968 - Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King was shot and killed
April 6 1917 US Enters WW I
April 9 1865 Lee surrenders to Grant at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
April 10, 1942 - WW II Bataan Death March began - thousands died
April 10, 1967 DuBois fireman Joseph Hanson dies fighting Sterling Discount Store fire
April 10 2012 Company announces plans to close Reynoldsville Casket factory
April 11, 1970 - Apollo 13 launched - Houston we have a problem
April 12, 1861 - The Civil War began with attack on Fort Sumter, SC
April 12, 1945 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt died
April 12, 1981 First Space Shuttle (Columbia) launched
April 13 1890 Charter granted to DuBois Traction Co for DuBois trolley service
April 13 1890 Charter granted for DuBois Trolley system to operate on Plank Road
April 15 1912 Titanic disaster - over 1500 passengers and crew perished
April 14 1865 Lincoln shot - died the following day Apr 15
April 17 1961 John E DuBois fire hall guted by fire
April 17, 1961 Cuban Bay of Pigs
April 18, 1775 - The ride of Paul Revere and William Dawes warning patriots
April 18, 1942 - The first air raid on Japan led by General James Doolittle
April 18, 1906 - The great San Francisco Earthquake
April 19, 1775 - Patriots fire shot heard round the world Lexington, Mass
April 19, 1995 - Federal building bombing in Oklahoma City
April 19 1961 John E DuBois Hose Co building destroyed by fire
April 20, 1999 Columbine HS shooting
April 21, 1918 - WWI Red Baron (Manfred von Richtofen) was shot down and killed
April 22, 1889 - The Oklahoma "sooners" land rush
April 22 1865 Major McCreight born DuBois Chief Tchanta Tanka
April 23, 2009 Perkins Restaurant in DuBois destroyed by fire
April 25 1898 Spanish-American War Begins
April 26, 1986 - Chernobyl nuclear power plant meltdown
April 26 1975 DuBois Mansion placed on National Landmark list for all the good it did
April 28, 1789 - Mutiny on board the British ship Bounty
April 28 1931 DuBois Boy Scout constitution and by-laws adopted
April 30, 1789 - George Washington takes oath as first U.S. President
April 30, 1967 - Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title
April 30 1975 VietNam War ends
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May 1 1857 Armed raftsmen attack log drivers on Clearfield Creek driving them away
May 2, 2011 Navy Seals kill Osama Bin Laden
May 3 1942 Battle of the Coral Sea begins
May 3 1955 Last B & O RR steam locomotive passenger train exits DuBois
May 4, 1922 Goodwill Hose Co open
May 5 1986 Fire destroys Shortway Service storage facility at old Brewery site
May 5, 1886 Death of city founder and lumber magnate John DuBois
May 8, 1876 Area Post Office name changed from Rumbarger to DuBois
May 8 1892 Cornerstone laid for St Catherine’s church
May 8, 1945 VE Day
May 12 1812 George Shaffer settles in Sandy Twp
May 15 1959 Kramer mines close
May 15 1901 First motion picture shown at DuBois Opera House
May 16 1927 First issue of DuBois Daily Express published
May 17 1920 Five houses and two business sites destroyed in Troutville fire
May 20, 1935 PSU DuBois Center Established
Mat 21 1908 Can of black powder explodes on trolley between DuBois and Eriton
May 22 1901 Famous John Philip Sousa band performs in DuBois
May 23, 1940 DuBois Boy Scouts incorporated
May 25 1810 Birthdate of city founder John Rumbarger
May 30, 1900 DuBois Knights of Columbus organized
May 30, 1928 Veterans Circle dedicated at Rumbarger Cemetery by Legion Memorial Day program
May 30 1950 Major loss in Kaufman Bldg fire on Brady Street
May 31, 1985 Tornadoes hit Penfield Winterburn area and Parker Dam
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June 1 1889 Sabula Dam breaks sends flood waters as far as Reynoldsville moving Iron Bridge
June 4 1942 Battle of Midway begins
June 4 1949 Way Memorial ballfield dedicated
June 5 1897 DuBois Brewery sells first beer; brewery started by Frank Hahne Sr
June 6 1944 D-day Normandy Invasion
June 6, 1968 Robert Kennedy dies of gunshot wounds
June 6, 1918 US Marine James Patterson killed in action in WW I; DuBois VFW Post named in his honor
June 14 1919 DuBois Americal Legion Post granted Charter
June 12 1949 Last visit to DuBois of Johnny Jones Carnival; had 40 RR cars
June 13 1904 DuBois Lumber Mill closes; operation moved to Hicks Run in Cameron County
June 14 1919 DuBois American Legion Post chartered
June 17 1914 City of DuBois inc
June 18 1888 Anniversary Great DuBois Fire that destroyed vast portion of downtown DuBois
June 18 1929 First DuBois Airport dedicated
June 19 1888 Volunteer Hose Co No 1 organizes following Great DuBois fire
June 22 1972 Hurricane Agnes causes major area flooding
June 23 1933 S.B. Eliot Park dedicated
June 20 1876 First DuBois doctor, W.J. Smathers opens office on Main St
June 25 1950 N Korea Invades South Korea
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July 1 1874 Allegheny RR Opens Its Sabula Tunnel
July 2, 1873 Plank Rd survey, today's DuBois Blvd, by Geo Kirk; road built on planked trestles by John DuBois
July 2 1922 Thomas Edison vists DuBois 50th Anniversary
July 4 Independence Day
July 9 1838 noted songwriter Phillip Bliss born in log cabin near Penfield
July 10 1872 First lots sold in DuBois
July 11, 1872 Survey of area for town of Rumbarger - later re-named DuBois
July 11 1890 First Ward (Goodwill) Hose Company formed
July 13 1930 Tom MIx on stage Avenue Theatre
July 14 1949 HiWay Drive-in DuBois Opened by A.P. Way
July 15 1949 Mohawk Indians visit Major McCreight adopt him into their Wolf Clan
July 16, 1942 DuBois Lions Club founded
July 16, 1945 Test of first Atomic Bomb
July 17 1872 John Rumbarger settles in what later becomes Rumbarger Town then DuBois
July 17, 1911 Twenty-one miners killed in explosion at Sykesville's Cascade Mine
July 18 2013 The Wigwam, summer home of Major McCreight torn down
July 19 1882 First R & P RR passenger train exits DuBois
July 21 1969 First Moon Landing: Armstrong & Aldrin
July 24 1956 DuBois United Way organized by Paul Reitz
July 25 1924 Shaft No. 1 coal mine (near DuBois Mall) closed after 31 years
July 25 1895 Falls Creek Hose Company formed
July 26 1980 Hicks Farm near Luthersburg destroyed by major fire
July 27, 1953 Armistice signed in Korea
July 28 1917 James Patterson enlists in USMC, was 1st area soldier killed in WW I on June 6, 1918 at age 24
July 29 1895 Falls Creek Volunteer Fire Co established
July 30, 1785 James Woodside 1st white to settle in Brady Twp
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August 1 1785 George Shaffer’s land claim in DuBois area surveyed
August 2 1933 DuBois police get first patrol car, replacing motorcycle
August 4, 1944 Anne Frank and family captured by Nazi's
August 5 1964 Congress approves "all needed action" in VietNam
August 5 1926 DuBois Union Traction Co goes bankrupt; equipment auctioned off
August 6, 1945 Atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima
August 7 1910 Fouth Ward Hose Company formed
August 8, 1974 Nixon resigns
August 9, 1945 Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki
August 11 1972 US Combat Troops leave South VietNam
August 11, 1960 "Dime Store Row" fire on Long Ave in DuBois ; four business buildings burn
August 12 1929 Avenue Theatre presented 1st "talkies"
August 12 1972 Over a dozen firms sign leases to occupy DuBois Mall
August 14, 1945 VJ Day Japan Surrenders
August 15, 1969 Woodstock
August 15, 1939 Premier of Wizard of Oz
August 16, 1977 Elvis Presley dies
August 17 1977 Fire destroys Shaffners Furniture in Falls Creek
August 25 1910 Opening new DuBois Country Club Building
August 25, 1874 Major Reynoldsville fire destroys multiple businesses, twenty-one buildings
August 27 1941 The Willows on Park Avenue burns
August 28, 1963 King's I have a Dream Speech in Wash. DC
August 31, 1997 Death of Princess Diana at age 36
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Sept 1982 John Furlow becomes Historical Society's first president
Sept 1 1904 Man known as "Black Spot" hung for local murder
Sept 1, 1920 DuBois Public Library opens
Sept 2 1945 V-J Day Formal Japanese Surrender Signed in Tokyo Bay
Sept 2 1902 Avenue Theater on Long Avenue in DuBois opens
Sept 3 1943 Allies land in Italy
Sept 7 1847 First Clearfield Co land deeded to John DuBois
Sept 8 1893 St Catherines Church dedicated
Sept 10 1908 Strobel’s airship performs at DuBois Fair powered by small 10 HP engine
Sept 11 1884 First edition of DuBois Daily Courier published
Sept 11 1888 John E DuBois Hose Co founded – Third Ward
Sept 11 2001 World Trade Center attack
Sept 14, 1975 Hotel Logan on N Brady destroyed by fire; one killed; DuBois fireman Bob Baronick rescues four
Sept 17 1961 Central Christian HS Opens
Sept 18 1951 DAR dedicates monument to Rev War veteran Geo Shaffer at Rumbarger Cemetery
Sept 18 1890 DuBois purchases "Old Sue, horse-drawn steam fire engine
Sept 19 1904 First Buffalo and Susquehanna train reaches DuBois via "new" Sabula Tunnel
Sept 22, 1985 Jackson China closes after being in operation since 1917
Sept 23 Baltimore & Ohio RR car shops (originally Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh) in DuBois demolished
Sept 27, 1930 Mansell Stadium dedication
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Oct 1, 1939 DuBois fireman Michael Hrin dies in line of duty; first fireman killed
Oct 1 1918 1st case of Spanish Flu in DuBois; by Oct 3 over 100 were ill
Oct 2 2005 Fox’s Pizza on Long Avenue in DuBois burns
Oct 3 1903 Water from Anderson Creek arrives in DuBois
Oct 7 1918 Spanish Flu kills 56 in Village of Wishaw outside Reynoldsville
Oct 7 2001 US Operations begin in Afghanistan
Oct 8 1918 Maple Ave Hospital opens early to treat ill from Spanish Flu
Oct 10 1894 Last cows banned from city streets in DuBois
Oct 12 1883 DuBois Express first published as weekly newspaper
Oct 12 1940 Death of Tom Mix in Arizona car crash
Oct 15 1955 Last Passenger train leaves DuBois; Buffalo-Pittsburgh Division of the B & O RR
Oct 17 1891 DuBois trolley line opens
Oct 19 1915 DuBois Hospital opened w/50 beds by Sisters of Mercy on former site of Electric Park
Oct 21, 1989 1st Parochial School St Catherine's under direction of Father Bernard McGivney
Oct 27 1937 Harris Theatre Opens in DuBois
Oct 30, 1965 Fire guts Concord Restaurant and damages Elks Ballroom on S. Brady
Oct 31 1940 Old Pennsylvania RR passenger station on Park Place gutted by fire
Oct 31 1982 Simon Dahrouge store on corner of Long and Main closes after 75 years
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Nov 1 1950 DuBois Secret Service Agent Toad Boring in shootout protecting Pres Truman
Nov 1, 1940 Fire destroys Pa. RR passenger station on Park Place in DuBois
Nov 4, 1901 DuBois BR&P RR Shops open
Nov 9, 1924 St Joseph's groundbreaking
Nov 9, 1909 St Catherines of Siena badly damaged by fire
Nov 11 1934 John E DuBois dies - leaves Beaver Meadows to city
Nov 13 1918 Local business and church meetings restrictions caused by Spainsh Flu ended
Nov 13, 1982 Vietrnam Memorial dedicated
Nov 15 1889 Luthersburg fire destoys multiple businesses and homes
Nov 16 1988 The Big Mill in DuBois closed for season after sawing 23,000,000 board feet of local lumber
Nov 22 1963 JFK assassination
Nov 26, 1903 Eva Gleason's house of ill repute on the Flats in DuBois burns; minor injuries to girls
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Dec 4 1886 DuBois Opera House grand opening
Dec 4 1900 DuBois Chapter of Daughters of American Revolution founded
Dec 7 1941 Helvetia Company store burns
Dec 7 1941 Pearl Harbor Attacked
Dec 11 1922 Then Vice President Calvin Coolidge spends night with John Reed in Reynoldsville
Dec 11, 1941 Hitler & Italy's Mussolini declare war on USA
Dec 13 1899 DuBois gets first B.R.&P. RR car shops
Dec 15 1899 Concrete roadway between DuBois and Sabula opened
Dec 16 1944 Battle of the Bulge
Dec 6 1883 One block in DuBois destroyed by fire
Dec 17 1984 DuBois and Maple-Hospitals merge form DRMC
Dec 18, 2009 Two dead six injured in Jared-Long Ave blaze
Dec 24 1926 Final trolley car trip through DuBois
Dec 25 1930 Death of nationally known Johnny Jones whose show cited DuBois as Capital of World
Dec 26, 1963 DuBois Chamber of Commerce Inc
Dec 28 1897 Telephone switchboard serevice opened in DuBois
Dec 28, 1944 Birthdate of Jack Loweranitis, highly decorated DuBois Marine killed in Viet Nam March 3, 1967
Dec 31 1962 Major fire damage at Valentines Steak House corner of S Brady and Washington Ave
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