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This Day in History: Oct. 9
Also on this day: A group of Spanish missionaries settles in present-day San Francisco. Laura Ingalls becomes the first woman to fly across the United States as she completes a nine-stop journey from Roosevelt Field, N.Y., to Glendale, Calif.The first generator at Boulder (later Hoover) Dam begins transmitting electricity to Los Angeles.