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1. Brigham Young, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, donated land to create the first Jewish cemetery in Salt Lake City. 2. Simon Bamberger became Utah’s fourth governor after he was elected in 1916. 3. In 1934, students at the University of Utah created an anti-fascist group to “defend minority rights…
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