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1982 "Barnum" closes at St. James Theater New York City after 854 performances

1980 "Barnum" opens at St. James Theater New York City for 854 performances

1956 Last Ringling Bros, Barnum and Bailey Circus under a canvas tent

1944 World's largest circus tent catches fire at Ringling Brother's - Barnum and Bailey 2nd performance, 168 die (Hartford Conn)

1935 Jim Dale, born in Rothwell, England, Broadway actor, Barnum, My One and Only

1907 Ringling Brothers Greatest Show on Earth buys Barnum and Bailey circus

1906 James A Bailey, circus showman (Barnum and Bailey), dies at 58

1891 Phineas T Barnum, U.S. circus promoter (B and Bailey), dies at 88

1891 P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer

1883 Fire at uninsured Newhall Hotel in Milwaukee, Wisconsin kills 71. General Tom Thumb of P T Barnum fame, escapes unhurt

1882 Circus owner PT Barnum buys his world famous elephant Jumbo

1881 Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey

1881 Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens (MSG)

1881 Barnum and Bailey Circus debuts

1873 P. T. Barnum's circus, "Greatest Show on Earth," debuts (New York City)

1873 P. T. Barnum Hippodrome featuring "Greatest Show on Earth," opens (New York City)

1865 PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport

1865 P. T. Barnum's museum burns down

1863 P. T. Barnum stages wedding of Tom Thumb and Mercy Lavinia Warren (New York City)

1847 James Anthony Bailey, Detroit, circus impresario, Barnum and Bailey

1835 P. T. Barnum and his circus begin 1st tour of US

1833 Henry Alanson Barnum, Major General Union volunteers

1810 Phineas Taylor Barnum, Bethel Conn, circus promoter, Barnum and Bailey

1810 P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer

1810 Phineas T Barnum, circus magnate


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