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Fast Facts: April 21
April 21, 2011
- The first Labor Day holiday was celebrated on Tuesday, Sept. 5, 1882, in New York City.
- The first hot air balloon flight traveled for 5.5 miles over Paris and lasted for 23 minutes.
- In 1865, the U.S. Secret Service was first established for the specific purpose to combat the counterfeiting of money.
- During the 1600s, boys and girls in England wore dresses until they were about seven years old.
- The first subway system in America was built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1897.
