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Dakota Datebook radio features air daily at 8:35 am, 3:50 pm, 6:30 pm and 7:50 pm CT on Prairie Public.

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Baseball
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
On this date in 1905 in Mayville, Traill County, baseball was in the air. In fact, the sport was on the minds of the local youth to such an extent that they decided to form not just one team, but two! The second nine called themselves the Mayville White Caps, and, according to the local [...]
Talkies
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The joining of sound and picture had been in experimentation for many years before, but when the first well-known “talkie,” “The Jazz Singer,” was produced and shown in 1927, the movies were changed forever. So in 1930, Walhalla was really keeping with the times when they installed talking equipment in their opera house. They [...]
Archbishop in Nigeria
Monday, May 14, 2012
On this day, May 14, 2001, the Archbishop of the Lutheran Church of Christ in Nigeria, David Windibiziri, addressed the congregation of Trinity Lutheran Church, north of Kenmare, ND. Although raised in the traditional religious beliefs of his home in Nigeria, Archbishop Windibiziri had as a teenager converted to Christianity and attended the Lutheran Seminary [...]
Fort Lincoln Dramatic Association
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Military forts on the Northern Plains were lonely outposts lacking in most of the comforts and culture of the Eastern cities. Desertions due to boredom were common. Often the only form of entertainment was the post library or the local bars and bawdy houses that sprang up near the forts. Fort Lincoln had spawned its [...]
Orin G. Libby Papers
Saturday, May 12, 2012
The Orin G. Libby papers were deposited into UND’s Chester Fritz Library on this date in 1957. The donation from Eva, Libby’s widow, represents the collection of letters, manuscripts, academic publications and holdings of one of North Dakota’s greatest historians. As such, they provide an invaluable resource to students of history. The six boxes of [...]