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APPLETON — A Houdini-themed lion sculpture found a new home Tuesday. More
APPLETON — Appleton's 150th birthday party really took the cake. More
APPLETON — A look at some of the sights from Appleton's annual Flag Day Parade and the city's official sesquicentennial celebration, which drew thousands of people on Saturday: More
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 Pages from the Past: The first edition of the Appleton Crescent, Feb. 10, 1853
Pages from the Past: Appleton is incorporated as a city, May 2, 1857
Pages from the Past: Gen. Robert E. Lee captured, April 8, 1865
Pages from the Past: Assassination of President Lincoln, April 20, 1865
Pages from the Past: The shooting of President William McKinley, Sept. 12, 1901
Pages from the Past: Edna Ferber interviews Harry Houdini, July 23, 1904
Pages from the Past: President Taft visits Lawrence College, Oct. 26, 1911
Pages from the Past: Sinking of the Titanic, April 16, 1912
Pages from the Past: Sinking of the Lusitania, May 7, 1915
Pages from the Past: United States enters The Great War, April 6, 1917
Pages from the Past: The end of World War I, Nov. 11, 1918
Pages form the Past: The final edition of The Appleton Daily Post, Jan. 31, 1920
Pages from the Past: The first edition of The Appleton Post-Crescent, Feb. 2, 1920
Pages from the Past: Women gain the right to vote, Aug. 26, 1920
Pages from the Past: The death of Appleton's Harry Houdini, Nov. 1, 1926
Pages from the Past: Charles Lindbergh's remarkable avaiation achievement, May 20, 1927
Pages from the Past: The Great Depression: America's struggle from within, Oct. 29, 1929
Pages from the Past: Appleton could throw a party back in the days of 1932, too; April 29, 1932
Pages from the Past: The repeal of U.S. prohibition laws, Dec. 6, 1933
Pages from the Past: Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 8, 1941
Pages from the Past: Allied forces mount D-Day assault, June 6, 1944
Pages from the Past: Truman proclaims WWII victory in Europe, May 8, 1945
Pages from the Past: Atomic bomb ends a war, Aug. 6, 1945
Pages from the Past: U.S. enters the Korean War, June 28, 1950
Pages from the Past: Senate votes to censure Sen. Joe McCarthy, Dec. 3, 1954
Pages from the Past: Appleton celebrates its 100th birthday, June 28, 1957
Pages from the Past: Nation mourns shocking death of President Kennedy, Nov. 22, 1963
Pages from the Past: 1967 Appleton Butcher Case
Pages from the Past: Ed Gein declared insane, Nov. 15, 1968
Pages from the Past: The United States of America celebrates its 150th birthday, July 4, 1976
Pages from the Past: Green Bay Packers beat Kansas City Chiefs in the AFL-NFL World Championship Game, Jan. 16, 1967
Pages from the Past: Appleton woman hospitalized in the gruesome 'butcher' case, Sept. 28, 1967
Pages from the Past: Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. is assassinated in Memphis, Tenn., April 5, 1968
Pages from the Past: Reagan assumes presidency; hostages released from Iran
Pages from the Past: Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin land on the moon, July 21, 1969
Pages from the Past: Airliners crash into each other over Lake Winnebago, June 29, 1972
Pages from the Past: Gerald Ford replaces Richard Nixon as president, Aug. 9, 1974
Pages from the Past: A tornado rips through the Fox Valley, killing one in the Town of Greenville, April 28, 1984
Pages from the Past: Fox River Mall opens in the Town of Grand Chute, July 18, 1984
Pages from the Past:Space shuttle Challenger explodes during launch, Jan. 28, 1986
Pages from the Past: The fall of the Berlin Wall, Nov. 10, 1989
Pages from the Past: Operation Desert Storm unleashes airstrikes on Iraq, Jan. 17, 1991
Pages from the Past: Prosecutors close to wrapping up three homicide investigations against Oshkosh's David Spanbauer, Nov. 23, 1994
Pages from the Past: Packers win Super Bowl XXXI, Jan. 27, 1997
Pages of the Past: The Year 2000 problem was no problem from Jan. 1, 2000
Pages from the Past: AAL merges with Lutheran Brotherhood, June 27, 2001
Pages from the Past: Sept. 11 attacks jolt Americans, Sept. 11, 2001
Pages from the Past: U.S. begins attack on Iraq, March 20, 2003
Pages from the Past: Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina grows, Aug. 31, 2005
Photo Galleries
 Historical Appleton photos
Name that Lion Contest
Lion inspires students
Lions of the Valley
Appleton Flag Day Parades of the past
Pages from the past: Harry Houdini
Outagamie County Asylum
Flag Day / Appleton's 150th
Appleton's sesquicentennial celebration in City Park
1972: Airliners collide over Lake Winnebago
Pages from the past: 1967 Appleton Butcher Case
Pages from the past: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Pages from the past: Ed Gein
Historic Heart of the Valley
Pages from the past: 1984 tornado wracks area
Pages from the Past: Packers win Super Bowl
Celebrate Appleton: The 1800s
Celebrate Appleton: The 1900s
Celebrate Appleton: 1920s and 1930s
1950 Appleton Y Men's Christmas trees
Celebrate Appleton: The 1940s
Pages from the past: U.S. under attack 9.11.01
Celebrate Appleton: The 1950s
Historic images: Joe McCarthy
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