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The Emancipation Proclamation Takes Affect
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Richard Nixon Signs Bill Decreasing Speed
Limit to 55 Due to OPEC Oil Embargo
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Construction on the Brooklyn Bridge Begins
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U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson Proclaims
His "Great Society"
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Richmond Virginia is Burned by the British
in the American Revolutionary War
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A Terrorist Plot (Project Bojinka) is Uncovered
After a Chemical Fire in Manila, Philippines
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U.S. President Jimmy Carter Authorizes a
$1.5 Billion Bail-out Loan for Chrysler
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American Forces Under Command of Andrew Jackson
Defeat British Forces in Battle of New Orleans
in the War of 1812
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The Star of the West is fired upon by
Cadets from the Citadel
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Common Sense by Thomas Paine is Published
Promoting Independence from British Rule
for the "Inhabitants of America"
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The Grand Canyon Becomes a National Monument
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The United States Congress Authorizes the
Use of Military Force to Drive Iraq from Kuwait
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The Treaty of Cahuenga Ends the Fighting
in the Mexican-American War
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United States Congress of Confederation
Ratifies Peace Treaty with Britain in the
American Revolutionary War
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American President Richard Nixon Announces
Halt to Offensive Action in North Vietnam
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The United States Ratifies the Eighteenth
Amendment to the Constitution Making
Intoxicating Liquor Illegal in the U.S.
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The United States Buys the Virgin Islands
from Denmark for $25 Million
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Thomas Jefferson Secretly Seeks Authorization
for the First Official Exploration by U.S. Government
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United States and Iranian Officials Sign
Agreement to End Hostage Crisis
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is First Observed
as a Federal Holiday
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The First Nuclear-powered Submarine is Launched
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The United States Supreme Court Delivers its
Decision in Roe v. Wade Making Abortion Legal
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The Twenty-fourth Amendment to the United
States Constitution is Ratified
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The California Gold Rush Begins
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The Battle of the Bulge in World War II Ends
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Joe Hooker Replaces Ambrose Burnside as
Commander of the Army of the Potomac
During the American Civil War
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Indian Territory is Approved by the U.S. Congress
Allowing the Forced Relocation of the Eastern
Indiana Now Known as the "Trail of Tears"
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The United States Coast Guard is Established
by an Act of the United States Congress
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Oprah Winfrey is Born
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The First American Ironclad Warship,
the USS Monitor is Launched
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The City of Milwaukee is Formed in Wisconsin
After the Milwaukee Bridge War of 1845
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Four African-American Students Stage the
First Sit-in in Greensboro, North Carolina
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New York City's Grand Central Terminal Opens
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The Day the Music Died
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The Confederate States of America is Established
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The United States Achieves its First Arial Victory
The United States Air Force Loses a Nuclear Bomb
Off the Coast of Savannah, Georgia
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Union Achieves its First Major Victory
in the American Civil War
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The Beatles Arrive at JFK Airport on their
First United States Tour
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The Orangeburg Massacre Occurs
in Orangeburg, South Carolina
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John Quincy Adams is Elected President
of the United States by the U.S.
House of Representatives
Jefferson Davis is Elected Provisional President
of the Confederate States of America
by the Confederate Convention
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American U2 Spy Plane Pilot Gary Powers
is Exchanged for Soviet Spy Rudolf Abel
A Computer Defeats World Chess Champion
Garry Kasparov for the First Time
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Massachusetts Governor Elbridge Gerry
Attempts to Establish a Political Advantage
for the Democratic-Republican Party
by Redrawing Senate Election Districts
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The First Stone of the Lincoln Memorial
is Put In Place
Abraham Lincoln is Born
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Bruno Hauptmann is Found Guilty of the
Kidnapping and Murder of the Son of
Famous Aviator Charles Lindbergh
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James Polk Becomes the First Sitting U.S.
President to Have His Photograph Taken
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The USS Maine Explodes in Havana Harbor
Leading to the Spanish-American War
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The Captured USS Philadelphia is Raided and
Burned by Lieutenant Stephen Decatur, Jr.
During the First Barbary War
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The H. L. Hunley Becomes the First Submarine
to Sink a War Ship
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Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is"
Published in the United States for the First Time
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The Battle of Iwo Jima Begins
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Emmett Ashford Becomes the First African American
Umpire in Organized Baseball
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The National Association for Stock Car
Auto Racing (NASCAR) is Formed
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The United States Hockey Team Beats the
Soviet Union in the 1980 Winter Olympics
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The Battle of the Alamo Begins with the Siege
of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, Texas
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United States President Andrew Johnson Becomes the
First to be Impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives
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Hiram Rhodes Revels Becomes the First
African American in the United States Senate
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Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein Announces the
Withdrawal of Iraqi Troops from Kuwait
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The First Union Prisoners Arrive at Andersonville
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The SS California Steamboat Arrives
in San Francisco Bay
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The Salem Witch Trials Begin
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The United States Congress Passes
The Reconstruction Acts
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American Telephone & Telegraph Company
is Incorporated
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Abraham Lincoln is Inaugurated as the
16th President of the United States
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The Boston Massacre Occurs
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The Missouri Compromise is Signed Into Law
by United States President James Monroe
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The First Selma March (Bloody Sunday) Occurs
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The CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack)
is Launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia
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The Barbie Doll Makes its Debut at the
American International Toy Fair in New York
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Alexander Graham Bell Makes the First
Successful Telephone Call
The U.S. Ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Ending the Mexican-American War
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The Constitution of the Confederate
States of America is Adopted
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Franklin D. Roosevelt Holds the First of his
Famous "Fireside Chats" as President of the United States
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The Confederate Congress Endorses a Bill
to Enlist Black Soldiers in the Confederate Army
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A Jury Finds Jack Ruby Guilty of Killing
Lee Harvey Oswald Before He Can Stand
Trial for the Assassination of John F. Kennedy
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George Washington Gives an Impassioned Speech
in an Attempt to Squash the Newburgh Conspiracy
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Robert Goddard Launches the Worlds First
Liquid Fueled Rocket
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The Rubber Band is Patented in Australia
by Stephen Perry Bobstein
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Congress of the Confederate States of America
Adjurns for the Last Time
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Gambling is Re-legalized in Nevada
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The United States First Aircraft Carrier,
the USS Langley, is Commissioned
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The Civil Rights March from Selma to
Montgomery, Alabama is Finally Completed
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The British Parliament Passes the Stamp Act
Which Imposes a Tax on the American Colonies
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The Founding Father, Patrick Henry, Delivers His
"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" Speech
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The British Parliament Passes the Quartering Acts
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The Sheet Glass Drawing Machine is Patented
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The Book of Mormon is Published
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During the War of 1812, General Andrew Jackson's Forces
Defeat the Red Sticks at the Battle of Horseshoe Bend
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The Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak Occurs
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The Appomattox Campaign Begins in the American Civil War
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President Ronald Reagan is Shot
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The U.S. Takes Formal Possession of The Danish West Indies
and Renames it the United States Virgin Islands
Thomas Mundy Peterson Becomes the First
African-American to Vote in the United States
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Samuel Morey Patents the Internal Combustion Engine
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The Southern Bread Riots Occured in Richmond, VA
During the American Civil War
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Union Forces Capture Richmond, Virginia,
the Capital of the Confederate States of America
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The Ohrdruf Concentration Camp is Liberated by
4th Armored Division and the 89th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army
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The Presidential Veto Power is Used
for the First Time
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The Battle of Sayler's Creek Occurs
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American Pioneers Arrive at Marietta, Ohio
Which Would Become the First Permanent American
Settlement in the U.S. Northwest Territory
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Longacre Square is Renamed Times Square
at the Urging of New York Times owner
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Robert E. Lee Surrenders his army
to Ulysses S. Grant
at Appomattox Courthouse, Virginia
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James "Jim" Bowie is Born
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President Abraham Lincoln Gives His Last Public Address
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The American Civil War Begins
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The Jefferson Memorial is Dedicated in Washington D.C.
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United States President Abraham Lincoln
is Fatally Shot in Ford's Theatre
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Jackie Robinson Debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers
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Harriet Quimby Becomes the First Woman to
Fly an Airplane Across the English Channel
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The Bay of Pigs Invasion Begins
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Paul Revere's Ride Begins
The San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 Occurs
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British Troops enter Lexington, Massachusetts and
Fire the First Shots of the American Revolutionary War
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Robert E. Lee Resigns His Commission in the U.S. Army
to Command Forces of His Home State of Virginia
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Antonio López de Santa Anna's Forces are Defeated
by Sam Houston's Forces in the Battle of San Jacinto
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The Land Run of 1889 Begins
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New Coke is Introduced
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The United States Library of Congress is Established
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The United States Declares War on Spain
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Union Cavalry Shoots and Kills
Lincoln's Assassin John Wilkes Booth
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American Forces Capture York, Upper Canada
in The War of 1812
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Robert F. Kennedy is Shot at the Ambassador Hotel
In Los Angeles, California
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Chrysler Corporation is Founded by
Walter P. Chrysler
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The Lee Resolution is Proposed Declaring the Thirteen
Colonies to be Independent of the British Empire
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The U.S. Post Office Department Makes its First
Attempt at Delivery by Missle Mail
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Donald Duck Makes His Debut in The Wise Little Hen
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The First Barbary War Ends
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British General Thomas Gage Declares Martial Law in Massachusetts
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The Miranda Rights Are Made Law
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The Continental Army is Formed
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George Washington is Elected Unanimously
as Commander of the Continental Army
Arlington National Cemetery is Established
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Abraham Lincoln Delivers His House Divided Speech
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The Statue of Liberty Arrives in New York Harbor
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The United States Declares War on Great Britain
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The Communications Act of 1934 is Enacted
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The Ed Sullivan Show Debuts
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Six Members of the Molly Maguires are Hanged
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The Herrin Massacre Occurs
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The Pacific Fur Company is Founded
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The Americans Lose the Battle of Beaver Dams
in The War of 1812
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The Battle of Little Bighorn Begins
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The First Sale is Made Using a UPC Code
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The Stonewall Riots Occur
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The Battle of Monmouth Occurs in the
American Revolutionary War
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The Federal Aid Highway Act is Signed
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Shawnee Chief Weyapiersenwah Leads Attack on Fort Recovery
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The Battle of Gettysburg Begins
in the American Civil War
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Battle of Gettysburg, Day 2
(American Civil War)
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Battle of Gettysburg, Day 3
(American Civil War)
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The Declaration of Independence is Adopted
by the Continental Congress
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The Olive Branch Petition is Approved
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The First Republican Party Convention is Held
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Four Conspirators in the Assassination
of Abraham Lincoln are Hanged
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According to Legend, the Famous Liberty Bell is Rung
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The Fourteenth Amendment to the
United States Constitution is Ratified
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Howard Hughes Completes a Record
91 Hour Flight Around the World
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Alexander Hamilton is Fataly Wounded
in a Dual with Vice President Aaron Burr
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The Bisbee Deportation Occurs
The United States Invades Canada
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Continental Congress Passes the Northwest Ordinance
New York City Draft Riots Begin
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The George Washington Carver
National Monument is Founded
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Georgia Becomes the Last Confederate State to be
Readmitted Into the Union After the Civil War
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The First Manned Space Mission
to Land on the Moon Launches
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Disneyland Opens in California
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The Second Battle of Fort Wagner Occurs
in the American Civil War
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The Emma Abbott Makes its Maiden Voyage
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Apollo 11 Successfully Lands on the Moon
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The First Battle of Bull Run Begins
in the American Civil War
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John Dillinger, Famous Bank Robber is
Mortally Wounded by Federal Agents
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Fox Film Corporation Buys the Patents of the Movietone Sound System
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Tennessee Becomes the First U.S. State to be
Readmitted Into the Union After the American Civil War
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The United States Invades Puerto Rico
During the Spanish-American War
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General George McClellan Takes Control
of the Army of the Potomac
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The Second Navigation Act is Passed
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An English Ship, Heading for Virginia
with Supplies, Runs Aground in Bermuda
Confederates Attempt to Re-take Atlanta
for the Third Time
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"Son of Sam" Claims his First Victim
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The House of Burgesses Meets for the First Time
in Jamestown, Virginia
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Apollo 15 Astronauts Become the First
to Ride in a Lunar Rover
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The Whiskey Rebellion March on Pittsburgh Begins
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The Declaration of Independence is Signed
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Christopher Columbus Departs Spain for the Indies
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The United States Revenue Cutter Service is
Established by Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton
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The First Red-Green Traffic Light is Installed
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The World Wide Web Becomes Available as a Public Service
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The U.S. Congress Passes the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution
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General Robert E. Lee Sends a Letter
of Resignation to Confederate President Jefferson Davis
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Richard M. Nixon Resigns and Gerald Ford Becomes
the 38th President of the United States
Thomas Edison Receives Patent for Two-Way Telegraph
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Word of the Declaration of Independence Reaches London
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Financing for the Statue of Liberty Pedestal is Completed
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Isaac Singer Receives a Patent for his
Improvement to the Sewing Machine
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Opha Mae Johnson Becomes the First Woman
to Enlist in the United States Marine Corps
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The Social Security Act is Signed
by President Roosevelt
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The Panama Canal is Formally Opened
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General William Hull Surrenders Fort Detroit
to the British in the War of 1812
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Quake Lake is Formed After a Missive Earthquake
Strikes Southwestern Montana
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John White Returns to Roanoke Colony
with Supplies and Finds it Deserted
-
Prime Minister of Iran, Mohhamed Modaddeq,
is Removed From Power With Help From the CIA
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The Battle of Fallen Timbers Occurs
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American Slave Nat Turner Leads a Rebellion
Resulting in the Death of 55 White Civilians
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The First Geneva Convention Was Adopted for the
Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded
in Armies in the Field
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The First Kremer Prize is Won by Bryan Allen by
Piloting the Human Powered Aircraft Gossamer Condor
Over a One Mile Course
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The British Invade Washington D.C. and Burn the
the White House and Other Government Buildings
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The National Park Service (NPS) is Created by Congress
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American Inventor John Fitch is Granted
a United States Patent for the Seamboat
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The First Successful Commercial Oil Well is Drilled
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Martin Luther King Delivers his
"I Have a Dream" Speech
The Second Battle of Bull Run Begins
in the American Civil War
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Shays' Rebellion Begins
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The Second Battle of Bull Run Ends with a Union Defeat
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Lewis and Clark Leave Pittsburgh, PA
On Their Expedition to the Pacific Ocean
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Vice President Aaron Burr is Acquitted of Treason
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The USS Shenandoah Departs on its Final Voyage
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The American Revolutionary War Ends with the
Signing of the Treaty of Paris
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Geronimo Surrenders to General Miles
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Sam Houston is Elected the First President
of the Republic of Texas
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Confederates Abandon Battery Wagner in South Carolina
in the American Civil War
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The Worlds First Submarine Attack Occurs
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A Hurricane Strikes Galveston, Texas
-
Elvis Presley Appears on the Ed Sullivan Show
For the First Time
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The Battle of Lake Erie is Fought
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The United States is Attacked by al-Qaeda Terrorists
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The Battle of Harpers Ferry Begins
in the American Civil War
-
African American Inventor Lewis Latimer Receives
Patent for First Light Bulb Using a Carbon Filament
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Henry Bliss Becomes the First Recorded
Automobile Fatality in the United States
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Confederate Forces Capture Harpers Ferry
in the American Civil War
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The Wall Street Bombing Occurs
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The Bloodiest Day in the American Civil War
Occurs at the Battle of Antietam
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Ground Breaking Takes Place for the
United States Capitol Building
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The Colonial Capital is Burned to the Ground
in Jamestown, VA During Bacon's Rebellion
Games A. Garfield, 20th President Dies
Two Months After Being Shot in an Assassination Attempt
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The American Association for the
Advancement of Science is Created
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The First Successful Gas-Engine Vehicle
in the U.S. is Demonstrated
Benedict Arnold Gives the British Plans to West Point
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Nathan Hale is Hanged for Spying on the British for the
Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War
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Richard Nixon Makes His Famous "Checkers Speech"
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Gold Prices Plummet in What is Known as Black Friday
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The First Federal Congress Proposes The Bill of Rights
to the State Legislatures
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The First Televised Presidential Debate Takes Place in
Chicago Between Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania Becomes the Capital
of The United States for One Day
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Samuel Huntington is Elected President of the
Continental Congress During the American Revolution
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The First Session of the
First United States Congress Adjourns
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The USS Nautilus, the Worlds First
Nuclear-Powered Submarine is Commissioned
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Walt Disney World Resort Opens in Orlando, Florida
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Peanuts Comic Strip Makes Its First Appearance
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Captain Kangaroo Debuts on CBS
-
Fort Wilson Riot Begins
-
Wilbur Wright Pilots the Wright Flyer III
for 24 Miles in 39 Minutes 23 Seconds
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The Discovery of a Planet Orbiting a Sun-like Star
in the Constellation Pegasus is Announced
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American Bandstand Debuts
-
The "Day of Rage" Riots Begin in Chicago
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The Washington Monument Officially Opens
to the General Public
-
F-14 Tomcats Force Down a Plane Carrying the Hijackers
of the Achille Lauro Cruise Ship and They are Arrested
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Famous Explorer, Meriwether Lewis, Dies
Under Mysterious Circumstances
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Columbus Day is Celebrated for the First Time
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The Cornerstone of the White House
is Laid in Washington D.C.
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Chuck Yeager is Credited With Being the First to Pilot
an Aircraft in Controlled Level Supersonic Flight
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Horace Hunley, the Inventor of the First Submarine
to Sink an Enemy Ship is Killed During a Test Dive
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The Cardiff Giant is Discovered by Workers
While Digging a Well in Cardiff, New York
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The British are Forced to Surrender to the Americans
After the Battles of Saratoga in the
American Revolutionary War
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African-American Poet Phillis Wheatley is Freed From Slavery
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British General Charles Cornwallis Surrenders to
American General George Washington in the American
Revolutionary War
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The Treaty of 1818 is Signed Between the
United States and Great Britain
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The Medicine Lodge Treaty is Signed Between
the United States and Several Indian Tribes at
Medicine Lodge Creek in Kansas
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Harry Houdini is Punched in the Abdomen by
McGill University Student Gordon Whitehead
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The First National Womens Rights Convention Begins
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West Virginia Secedes from Virginia to Form a New State
The Pacific Telegraph from New York to San Francisco is Completed
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October 25, 1760
George III Becomes King of Great Britain
and King of Ireland
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The Canadian Militia and Mohawk Warriors Defeat the
Americans in the Battle of the Chateauguay
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New York City Subway Opens
King George III Speaks to British Parliament About American Rebellion
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Cuban Missile Crisis Ends
-
International Committee of the Red Cross is Formed
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American Slave Nat Turner is Captured
After Leading a Save Rebellion in August
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The Lincoln Highway is Formally Dedicated
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Worlds Longest Suspension Bridge Opens
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The Continental Army is Dissolved
International Space Station Becomes Permanently Staffed
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Chicago Tribune Reports: "DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN"
Annie Oakley Dies
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Abraham Lincoln Marries Mary Todd
Iranian Extremists Seize the US Embassy in Tehran
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American Inventor George B. Selden Patents
the Gasoline-Powered Automobile
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Jefferson Davis is Elected to a 6-Year Term
as President of the Confederate States
Jefferson Davis is Elected to a 6-Year Term
as President of the Confederate States
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The Republican Party is First Symbolized by an Elephant
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Lewis and Clark Reach the Pacific Ocean
Abraham Lincoln is Elected to His Second Terms
as President of the United States
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The First Airplane Flight to Last More Than Five Minutes
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Sesame Street Premiers on PBS Television
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The Mayflower Compact is Signed by 41 Pilgrims
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President Jimmy Carter Orders Halt to Iran Oil Imports
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The Holland Tunnel Opens Between New York City and New Jersey
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President Jimmy Carter Freezes
All Iranian Assets in the U.S.
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The Continental Congress Approves
the Articles of Confederation
Union General William T. Sherman Begins His March to the Sea
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British Troops Capture Fort Washington
During the American Revolution
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The U.S. Congress Holds its First
Session in Washington, D.C.
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Captain Nathaniel Palmer is the First American to
Lay Eyes on the Continent of Antarctica
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President Lincoln Delivers the Gettysburg Address
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The First Child is Born to the Pilgrims
in the New World
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Alaska Highway Connecting the Continental U.S.
to Alaska is Formally Opened
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President John F. Kennedy is Assassinated
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The Battle of Chattanooga Begins
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The National Rifle Association (NRA)
is Incorporated in the United States
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The British Evacuate New York after
the American Revolutionary War
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The First Thanksgiving Designated by
the U.S. Government is Celebrated
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The American Statistical Association is Founded in Boston
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Bank Robber George "Baby Face" Nelson
is Killed by FBI Agents
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President Johnson Forms the Warren Commission to
Investigate the Assassination of President Kennedy
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Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) is Born
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Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Her Seat
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The Ford Motor Company Introduces the 1927 Model A
President James Monroe Announces the Monroe Doctrine
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Illinois Enters the Union
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President Woodrow Wilson Leaves For France
to Attend the Versailles Peace Conference
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General George Armstrong Custer is Born
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The Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
is Ratified, Making Slavery Illegal
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Delaware Becomes the First State
to Ratify the U.S. Constitution
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John Lennon is Murdered
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New York's First Daily Newspaper is Established
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Sherman's Armies Reach the Outskirts
of Savannah, Georgia
in His March to the Sea
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The Libertarian Party is Formed
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The U.S. Supreme Court
Decides Bush vs. Gore
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Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein
is Captured Near Tikrit
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The Wright Brothers Make Their
First Attempt at Powered Flight
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