1891: Gov. Nathan O. Murphy makes his annual report to Washington in which he recommends all Indian reservations — with the possible exception of the Navajo lands — be turned over to white men for sale and settlement.
1940: "Arizona," starring William Holden and Jean Arthur, premieres at Tucson’s four movie theaters simultaneously. The movie was shot in town earlier that same year. It is the movie for which Old Tucson was built.
1955: Kress store installs Tucson's first escalator.
1965: Princess Margaret, the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, attends a service at St. Phillips in the Hills Episcopal Church during a visit to Tucson as part of a three-week trip to the United States.
She surprises some parishioners by leaving before the service had ended. One person is quoted in an Associated Press story as saying, "I didn't know that even a princess could leave early. In our church, if people are going to leave during the service, they do so before Holy Communion begins."
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"It was prearranged," said Rev. George Ferguson, who had administered communion, left the alter and escorted the royal party out. "We just didn't want to have any kind of a mob scene, even a small one, when the princess left."
1980: The 390th Memorial Museum, which educates the public and pays tribute to the 390th bombardment group that flew B-17 bombers over Europe during World War II, is founded at the Pima Air & Space Museum.
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