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mar 2, 1889 - OKlahoma Territory is creted

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On March 2, 1889, Congress passed an amendment to the Indian Appropriations Act of 1871, which provided for the creation of homestead settlements in the unassigned lands, to be known as Oklahoma Territory. President Grover Cleveland announced that the Oklahoma lands would be opened on April 22 via land run.

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mar 2, 1889
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~ 136 years ago