Editing Prague, Oklahoma (section)

==History==
After the opening of the [[Sac and Fox Nation|Sac and Fox Reservation]] by a land run on September 22, 1891, Czech immigrants settled and founded Prague. Eva Barta owned the land, and named the new town "Prague" for the Czech capital in Europe, then part of [[Austria-Hungary]]. The town incorporated in 1902.<ref name="EOHC-Prague">Pritchett, Roger. [http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=PR001 ''Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture''. "Prague."] Retrieved March 6, 2015.</ref> The town's name has been adopted in [[Fox language|Sac and Fox language]] as ''Pwêkeki''.<ref>Gordon Whittaker, 2005, "A Concise Dictionary of the Sauk Language", The Sac & Fox National Public Library Stroud, Oklahoma. [https://www.sacandfoxnation-nsn.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/Copy-of-A-Concise-Dictionary-Sauk.pdf]</ref>

On March 27, 1943, the film ''[[Hangmen Also Die!]]'' had its world premiere in Prague in an event which featured [[Adolf Hitler]], [[Hirohito]] and [[Mussolini]] being hanged in effigy on Main Street. The town of Prague was apparently chosen because the movie is loosely based on the 1942 assassination of [[Reinhard Heydrich]], the Nazi Reich Protector of the German-occupied city of [[Prague]], now in the Czech Republic.  After the premiere, the film opened nationwide in the first days of April, beginning with 20 key cities.

On May 24, 1952, a head-on automobile collision seriously injured Indian mystic [[Meher Baba]] near Prague.<ref>Kalchuri, Bhau (1986). Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba. Manifestation.</ref> The accident site has become a place of pilgrimage for world wide Meher Baba followers.

An F5 tornado tore through Prague on [[May 1960 tornado outbreak sequence|May 5, 1960]].

For the [[1996 Summer Olympics]], the torch was carried through the town of Prague in order to commemorate the legacy of the legendary [[Sac and Fox Nation|Sac and Fox native]] Olympic athlete, [[Jim Thorpe]], who was born and raised in this region.<ref>Hutchison, Mark A. “Prague Carrying Olympic Torch for Native Son.” Oklahoman.com. Oklahoman, December 9, 1995. [https://www.oklahoman.com/article/2522962/prague-carrying-olympic-torch-for-native-son].</ref>

On November 5, 2011, a series of [[2011 Oklahoma earthquake|earthquake]]s struck near Prague, the first one a magnitude 4.7 at 2:15&nbsp;a.m. [[Central Time Zone (North America)|CST]], followed by a series of aftershocks, and then a second quake of magnitude 5.7 at 10:53&nbsp;p.m. CST, the strongest recorded in Oklahoma history until a 5.8-magnitude earthquake occurred on September&nbsp;3, 2016. This continued on November 7, 2011 when another 4.7 hit at 8:45&nbsp;p.m., just five miles northwest of Prague.

On February 2, 2024, there was a 5.1 magnitude earthquake around 11:25pm.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elamroussi |first1=Aya |title=A preliminary magnitude 5.1 earthquake strikes east of Oklahoma City |url=https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/a-preliminary-magnitude-5-1-earthquake-strikes-east-of-oklahoma-city/1618849 |website=accuweather.com |publisher=[[CNN]] |access-date=4 February 2024 |date=4 February 2024}}</ref>