June 2, 2025 – P.T. Barnum served as mayor of Bridgeport, Connecticut and two terms as a state legislator. He founded a hospital and brought gas lighting to the streets of Bridgeport.But he is best known as a showman.On this date in 1835, Barnum began his showmanship career when he put an elderly woman on exhibit. Bar num claimed she was 161 years old and had been George Washingt...
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