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18 Jun 1983

Sally Ride Becomes First American Woman in Space

17 Jun 1928

Amelia Earhart becomes first woman to fly acros...

16 Jun 1775

George Washington Is Appointed Commander In Chi...

15 Jun 1947

United Kingdom Passes the Indian Independence A...

14 Jun 1964

"Papa Doc" Duvalier Declares Himself President ...

13 Jun 1942

Office Of War Information Created

Space Exploration

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6 Aug 2012

Curiosity Rover Lands Safely on Mars

21 Jul 1969

Man Walks on Moon

4 Oct 1957

Soviet Union Launches Sputnik 1 Satellite

12 Apr 1961

First Man in Space

20 Feb 1962

First American to Orbit Earth

12 Apr 1981

First Orbital Space Shuttle Flight

Battles of the American Civil War

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12 Apr 1861

First Battle of Fort Sumter

21 Jul 1861

First Battle of Bull Run

8 Mar 1862

Battle of the Monitor and Merrimack

17 Sep 1862

Battle of Antietam

1 Jul 1863

Battle Of Gettysburg

9 Apr 1865

Battle of Appomattox Court House

Assassinations

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15 Mar 44BC

Julius Caesar Assassinated

14 Apr 1865

President Abraham Lincoln Assassinated

30 Jan 1948

Mahatma Gandhi Assassinated

22 Nov 1963

President John F. Kennedy Assassinated

21 Feb 1965

Malcolm X Assassinated

4 4 1968

Martin Luther King, Jr. Assassinated

Great Sports Moments

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4 Aug 1936

Jesse Owens Wins 4 Gold Medals

15 Apr 1947

Jackie Robinson Plays First Major League Game

8 Apr 1974

Hank Aaron breaks Babe Ruth's Record

1 Oct 1975

"Thrilla in Manila": Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier

22 Feb 1980

Miracle on Ice: USA defeats USSR

20 Nov 1982

Cal vs. Stanford: "The Play"

Battles of the American Revolution

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19 Apr 1775

Battles of Lexington And Concord

10 May 1775

Capture of Fort Ticonderoga

17 Jun 1775

Battle of Bunker Hill

16 Nov 1776

Battle of Fort Washington

19 Sep 1777

Battle of Saratoga

28 Sep 1781

Battle of Yorktown

Battles of The Crusades

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26 Aug 1071

Byzantine Defeat at Manzikert

1 Jul 1147

Siege of Lisbon Begins

23 Jul 1148

Siege of Damascus

4 Jul 1187

Battle of Hattin

20 Sep 1187

Siege of Jerusalem (1187)

17 Jul 1203

Siege of Constantinople (1203)

Civil Rights Movement

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28 Aug 1945

Jackie Robinson Signs with Brooklyn Dodgers' Organization

17 May 1954

Brown v. Board of Education

1 Dec 1955

Rosa Parks Refuses to Give Up Seat on Bus

28 Aug 1963

Martin Luther King, Jr. Delivers "I Have a Dream" Speech

2 Jul 1964

Civil Rights Act of 1964

7 Mar 1965

"Bloody Sunday," First March from Selma to Montgomery

Colonial America

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Oct 1621

The "First" Thanksgiving

5 Mar 1770

Boston Massacre

16 Dec 1773

Boston Tea Party

23 Mar 1775

Patrick Henry Delivers "Give Me Liberty" Speech

4 Jul 1776

United States Declaration of Independence

17 Sep 1787

U.S. Constitution Ratified

Disasters

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8 Oct 1871

Great Chicago Fire

14 Apr 1912

Titanic Sinks

6 May 1937

Hindenburg Airship Explodes

28 Jan 1986

Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

26 Apr 1986

Chernobyl Disaster

11 Sep 2001

Terrorists Attack World Trade Center

Battles of World War 1

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13 Oct 1914

First Battle of Ypres (1914)

5 Sep 1914

First Battle of the Marne

1915 Apr 1915

Battle of Gallipoli

21 Feb 1916

Battle of Verdun

1 Jul 1916

Battle of the Somme

20 Nov 1917

Battle of Cambrai (1917)

Battles of World War 2

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7 Dec 1941

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

4 Jun 1942

Battle of Midway

25 Aug 1944

Liberation of Paris

19 Feb 1945

US Marines Land on Iwo Jima

6 Aug 1945

United States Drops Atomic Bomb on Hiroshima

2 Sep 1945

V-J Day

Famous Deaths

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22 Jul 1934

John Dillinger Gunned Down at Biograph Theater

23 May 1934

Bonnie And Clyde Shot and Killed

30 Apr 1945

Adolf Hitler Commits Suicide

16 Aug 1977

Elvis Presley Dies

8 Dec 1980

John Lennon Killed

25 Jun 2009

Michael Jackson Dies