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Firsts

The first national park was created in 1872 

Yellowstone was set aside as a public park before Wyoming was even a state. It sits on top of one of the planet's largest volcanic systems.

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Burning Man

Burning Man builds a city that vanishes

Black Rock City appears in the Nevada desert with streets, art and tens of thousands of residents, then is dismantled so completely that organisers aim to leave no trace at all.

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Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving moved to help the economy

Franklin Roosevelt shifted the holiday a week earlier in 1939 to lengthen the Christmas shopping season. The backlash was so strong that Congress fixed the date by law in 1941.

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