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Politics
O'Liners
SEP/1979
SEPT 16, 1840: BIRTH OF THE TERM "O.K.": A new Democratic political group was organixed in New York City, called the O.K. Club; the initials stood for the birthplace of President Martin Van Buren: Old Kinderhook, New York.