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September 1. ‘Orator’ Jim O’Rourke is born in 1850.

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September 1, 2016

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September 1, 1850.  James ‘Orator’ O’Rourke is born.

Portrait of O’Rourke taken for a championship dinner program put on by the New York Giants after winning the ‘World Series’ of 1889.


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