A Note From Bob
Who got there first?
Friday. History keeps a special shelf for the people who got there first. The first powered flight, the first man in space, the first woman across the Atlantic by air. But behind nearly every famous first stands a rival who came achingly close, and a detail the textbooks trimmed for space. Today we hand you fifteen of those moments and ask the only question that matters: who was first? Historic Firsts is today's featured quiz. Pour the coffee.
Trivia Question of the Day
Utah waited nearly fifty years for statehood. When Congress finally admitted it as the 45th state in 1896, what had the Latter-day Saint church formally agreed to abandon?
The answer is at the bottom of this email.
Today's Featured Quiz
Historic Firsts
The pioneers, record-setters, and trailblazers who did it before anyone else. Some names you know cold; others were nearly erased by the runners-up who got the credit. How well do you know the moments when history turned a page? 15 questions.
The Answer
The practice of plural marriage
Church president Wilford Woodruff's 1890 Manifesto renounced plural marriage, and six years later Utah entered the Union. The man who had led the Saints west in the first place, then governed the territory for decades as its most powerful and most controversial figure, is the subject of today's second quiz.
On This Day
On this day in 1847, Brigham Young, weak with fever in the back of a wagon, looked out over the Salt Lake Valley and declared it the right place. His pioneer company had covered more than a thousand miles from the Mississippi to reach it, and Utah still celebrates July 24 as Pioneer Day. Test yourself with 15 questions on Brigham Young.
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Curious.
Bob
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