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May 23 - Today in Cape Cod History

1922: Free booze floats ashore; 1925: Legislating morality failed once before; 1982: "Save the Bales!"
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May 22 - Today in Cape Cod History

1912: Hyannis girl's murderer executed
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May 21 - Today in Cape Cod History

1833: Mashpee Indians demand self-rule; 1962: The day the South sent Black Americans to Hyannis; 1960 JFK wins Oregon
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May 20 - Today in Cape Cod History

1963: President Kennedy creates a Summer White House here; 2007: Babesiosis is spreading, and hard to diagnose
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May 19 - Today in Cape Cod History

1896: Worst fire in Cape Cod History; 1713: Boston poor riot for bread
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May 18 - Today in Cape Cod History

1967: Canal pilots end service; 2007: State Trooper busted for running Oxycontin ring
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May 17 - Today in Cape Cod History

1986: Summer labor panic; 2008: Sen. Ted Kennedy rushed to hospital; 1954: School segregation ends
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May 16 - Today in Cape Cod History

1935: Fishing schooner jams prop in nets, needs aid
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May 15 Today in Cape Cod History

1602: Cape Cod was named today
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May 14 - Today in Cape Cod History

1978: Entire Provincetown postal staff arrested; 1990: Cape Cod was an auction lovers' cornucopia
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May 13 - Today in Cape Cod History

1948: Kathleen Kennedy, 28, Marchioness of Hartington, dies in plane crash; 2005: Department of Defense closes Otis Air Force Base
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May 12 - Today in Cape Cod History

1997 : Brother's scandal, ex-wife's new book hurts Joseph Kennedy II in the polls; 2007: Boston Pops brawl
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May 11 - Today in Cape Cod History

1908: Marconi sends messages 1,700 miles to sea from Cape Cod; 2002: Aerosmith arson
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May 10 - Today in Cape Cod History

2004: Provincetown defies Mitt Romney on gay marriage; 2012: President Barack Obama says he supports same-sex marriage
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May 9 - Today in Cape Cod History

1957: Huge fire threatens Cape Cod homes; 2007: Stories of lost bodies start to emerge
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May 8 - Today in Cape Cod History

1911: Militia called out to fight forest fires
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May 7 - Today in Cape Cod History

1921: Canadian current testing bottles reach the shores of Cape Cod two years after they were set adrift
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May 6 - Today in Cape Cod History

1892: The day Henry David Thoreau died
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May 5 - Today in Cape Cod History

1933: Harwich brothers caught in Cape kidnapping
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May 4 - Today in Cape Cod History

1965: Machine guns start fires, threaten two Cape towns; 2007: Hospitals won't release baby names
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May 3 - Today in Cape Cod History

1886: Schooner with 800 tons of coal sinks off Cape; 2007: Tribe wants their land back
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May 2 - Today in Cape Cod History

1933: Girl kidnapped in Harwichport; 1974: Oil company vessels start a seismic survey off the Cape
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May 1 - Today in Cape Cod History

1955: Defense Department to build an "island" off Cape; 2007: Thieves steal bronze 9-11 Memorial; 2007: Buoys deployed to protect whales in Cape Cod Bay
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April 30 - Today in Cape Cod History

1966: Shrivers buy a home for $250,000; 1980: Cape Cod got its first "city-style" bus service
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April 29 - Today in Cape Cod History

1999: Rare right whale dies after collision on Bay; 2003: Bouchard dumps 98,000 gallons of oil in Buzzards Bay