THIS WEEK IN HISTORY

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    JUNE 28TH 1846: Adolphe Sax patents the saxophone. The Belgian inventor and musician invented several other brass instruments, but the saxophone became his most popular. The valves he designed were cutting-edge at the time, and remain in use today largely in their original form. 1894: Labor Day becomes an official U.S. holiday. The federal holiday takes ...

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