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Press release from the San Antonio Public Library:
15 September 2021
1933 At 12:01 a.m., Prohibition ends and 6,000 people gather to watch 100 trucks and 25 boxcars loaded with Pearl beer rumble out of the Brewery. (right)
1968 Two monorail trains collide at Hemisfair, killing Emilie Schmidt of Missouri, two days before her 68th birthday, and injuring 47 riders.
1983 At the San Antonio Zoo, a gorilla named Mopie attacks zookeeper Rick Estrada, nearly biting off his leg.
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