On May 2, 1918, General Motors acquired the Chevrolet Motor Company of Delaware. This synergy helped propel GMC to be a serious rival to Ford.
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May 2nd, 1803: The United States [1] purchased the Louisiana Territory [2] from France [3] at a cost of four cents per acre for 828,000 square miles (2,144,520 square km), which soon proved to be a tremendous bargain.
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Today’s feature article is a repost from the 2018 archives of SurvivalBlog.
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