TDIH January Mystery Cache
bgscrabble: Thanks to Merlin, 09RAM, ET, and TO2F for helping me dig the containers out of the snow. Time for something new.
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Cache is not at the posted coordinates. This series is best to solve at home, use the checker, then go get 'em.
A drilling derrick at Spindletop Hill near Beaumont, Texas, produces an enormous gusher of crude oil, coating the landscape for hundreds of feet and signaling the advent of the American oil industry.
Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, sailing near the Dominican Republic, sees three “mermaids”–in reality manatees–and describes them as “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”
Panama’s General Manuel Antonio Noriega, after holing up for 10 days at the Vatican embassy in Panama City, surrenders to U.S. military troops to face charges of drug trafficking.
Europe is united with a common currency when the “euro” debuts as a financial unit in corporate and investment markets.
66 football (soccer) fans are killed in a stampede at a stadium in Glasgow, Scotland, as they attempt to leave a game after a late goal by the home team.
Construction begins on the Golden Gate Bridge, as workers began excavating 3.25 million cubic feet of dirt for the structure’s huge anchorages.
Additional Hints
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A 44° 29.KKK
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