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Wilderness


1998 Event - "Ah Wilderness!," opens at Vivian Beaumont theater

1986 Event - Crockett's Tavern opens in Fort Wilderness

1980 Event - River of No Return Wilderness Area designated by Jimmy Carter

1967 Death - Theo Marcuse, actor (Mara of Wilderness), dies in auto accident at 47

1964 Event - Wilderness Act signed into law by President Lyndon B Johnson

1935 Event - Wilderness Society forms

1933 Event - Eugene O'Neill's comedy "Ah, Wilderness," premieres in New York City

1924 Event - Gila Wilderness Area established by Forest Service

1920 Birthday - Theo Marcuse, Washington, actor, Mara of Wilderness

1906 Birthday - Howard Zahniser, Father of Wilderness Act

1901 Birthday - Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society

1887 Birthday - Aldo Leopold, founder, Wilderness Society

1864 Event - Battle of Wilderness ends (total losses: USA-17,666; CSA-7,500)

1864 Event - Battle of Wilderness, General Longstreet seriously injured

1864 Event - Battle of Wilderness, Virginia (Germanna Ford, Wilderness Tavern)

1860 Birthday - Johannes Walter, German geologist, Denudation of the Wilderness


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