What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
02/17/1844	A. Montgomery Ward, found mail-order a nice business.
EVENTS
02/17/1870	Mississippi readmitted to U.S. after Civil War
02/17/1876	Sardines were first canned, in Eastport, Maine.
02/17/1878	First telephone exchange in San Francisco opens with 18 phones.

Registered to The Hobby Line! BBS

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