Portal:Delaware/History/January 2
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On This Date in Delaware, January 2...
- 1899 - The Sussex Trust Company opened an office in Laurel at Central Avenue and Market Street.
- 1922 - The second and third floors of Belmont Hall in Smyrna, the former home of Governor Thomas Collins, were damaged by fire.
- 1933 - The "Every Evening" merged with the "Evening Journal" newspaper in Wilmington.
- 1954 - To keep deer from overrunning the habitat, the General Assembly passed a law allowing the first modern-day shotgun season, the first such law in 114 years.
