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Some Facts
About the Circus

1793 The first circus in the United States took place in Philadelphia on April 3rd, 1793 by John Bill Rickets. The focus was on horses and trick riding.
1810 Traveling animal menageries become popular, offering audiences rare glimpses of exotic beasts.
1829 Trained animal acts appear with circuses.
1869 The Castello, Howes & Nixon Circus is said to have been to first circus in history to go coast-to-coast in one season.
1883 In January, a circus fire in Berditscheff, Russian Poland, resulted in the death of at least 268 people.
1907 The Ringling’s purchase Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on Earth.
1919 Ringling Bros. Circus and Barnum & Bailey Greatest Show on earth are combined into one giant circus, The Big Show.
1927 The Circus Fans Association of America in founded.
1933 The Billboard for June 24 listed routes of 16 circuses. (In June, 1956 there were 14 listed.)
1944 Over 100 people died in the famous 1944 Hartford, Connecticut circus fire.
1970 The first women are accepted to Clown College.
1984 Cirque du Soleil is founded by Guy Laliberte.
1984 Rob Mermin founded Circus Smirkus.

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