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April 15, 1865 - Assassination of President Lincoln
April 15, 1861 - Fall of Fort Sumpter
January 10, 1920 - Treaty of Versailles
April 17, 1912 - Sinking of The Titanic
July 8, 1863 - Battle of Gettysburg
April 14, 1865 - Appomattox Courthouse
November 17, 1916 - First Lady Congresswoman
August 7, 1863 - First Thanksgiving Holiday
November 23, 1963 - JFK Assassination
December 8, 1941 - Pearl Harbor
August 6, 1945 - Hiroshima
September 2, 1945 - VJ Day
January 3, 1880 - Edison Invents the Lightbulb
January 1, 1935 - Lindbergh baby
May 28, 1974 - Death of Duke Ellington
December 17, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 1
December 17, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 2
December 18, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 3
December 18, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 4
December 22, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 5
December 25, 1944 - Battle of the Bulge 6
January 18, 1944 - WW2 Russian Forces Advance toward Rovno
January 17, 1944 - WW2 South France Invasion Planned
September 30, 1931 - Al Capone Sent to Prison
May 21, 1932 - Amelia Earhart Flies Solo Across the Atlantic
November 12, 1932 - Franklin D. Roosevelt Elected
February 22, 1933 - Franklin Roosevelt Proposes New Deal
March 7, 1930 - Gandhi Starts Nonviolence Protest
September 1, 1939 - Germany Invades Poland
May 7, 1937 - Hindenburg Ignites Over Lakehurst, New York
January 30, 1933 - Hitler Named Chancellor of Germany
August 27, 1936 - Jesse Owens Wins Gold at Berlin Olympics
December 10, 1936 - King Edward VIII Abdicates English Throne
April 25, 1939 - Television Debuts in United States
October 25, 1929 - The American Stock Market Crash
April 15, 1912 - Titanic Rams Iceberg
April 15, 1912 - Titanic Still Above Water
April 17, 1912 - Titanic Almost ‘Rent Asunder At First Blow’
April 19, 1912 - Band Played On
April 19, 1912 - Colonel Gracie
April 19, 1912 - Mrs. Futrelle
April 19, 1912 - The Strauses
April 19, 1912 - The Schaberts
April 22, 1912 - Bells Toll for Dead
April 24, 1912 - Medals of Honor for Rescuers
April 27, 1912 - Californian Refusal to Aid Titanic
April 18, 1912 - Lowe Praised for Heroics
April 25, 1912 - Ismay Questioned in Inquiry
May 23, 1912 - Ismay Bitterly Arraigned
April 27, 1912 - Astor’s Body Found
April 16, 1912 - Titanic Laid to Rest
July 19, 1812 - England learns of US Declaration of War in 1812
June 29, 1914 - World War I Unfolds in Bosnia
June 27, 1950 - America Pledges Aid to South Korea
May 22, 1969Vietnam Struggle Intensifies at Hamburger Hill
Sullivan Brothers: A Tale of Heroism
January 14, 1943 - Enlisted and Died Together
February 10, 1943 - Destroyer to Get Name of 5 Sullivan Brothers
August 18, 1943 - Another Sullivan in the Navy
September 23, 1944 - The Story of Five Famous Brothers
April 28, 1936 - Derby Dudes
November 6, 1937 - Seabiscuit Now Leading Winner
November 1, 1938 - War Admiral Rated Choice
November 2, 1938 - Seabiscuit Outruns War Admiral
March 3, 1940 - Seabiscuit Sets Track Record To Take Handicap
May 4, 1967 - Presley Gets Hitched
March 25, 1958 - Elvis Joins the Army
March 2, 1932 - Lindbergh Baby Kidnapping
August 13, 1892 - Lizzie Borden Murder Trial
December 19, 1903 - First Flight
January 7, 1904 - Flying Machine Age Arrives
February 12, 1910 - Medal Given Wrights
1921 Letters to Santa
1923 Letters to Santa in Arkansas
1923 Letters to Santa in Tennessee
1924 Letters to Santa
1927 Letters to Santa
1928 Letters to Santa
1932 Letters to Santa
1937 Letters to Santa
1961 Letters to Santa
Athens Olympics: 1896
Jesse Owens: 1936
Black September: 1972
Nadia Comaneci: 1976
The Beatles Arrive
Beatles Are Simply Inexplicable
Beatles Are Better Than World Series
Beatle Fans Protest Ban
Beatle John Weds Yoko
Paul McCartney Quits Beatles
October 25, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 1
October 29, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 2
October 30, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 3
October 30, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 4
October 31, 1929 - Stock Market Crash 5
Death of Pres. Taylor
Dred Scott Case
Telephone Invention (Who?)
Statue of Liberty Dedication
Jack the Ripper
Eiffel Tower Constructed
Global influenza Epidemic
Grover Cleveland Elected President
Boxer Rebellion
Pres. McKinley's Assassination
Wright Brothers First Flight
Panama Canal Opened
Lindbergh Sets Record
Korean War begins
Segregation Unconstitutional
Watergate
Pres. Nixon's Resignation
Gulf War
Compact Disc Launch
Nuclear Weapons Ban
Rodney King Riots in LA
US Racial Church Burnings
Sheep/Human Cloning
Radios Were All The Rage
Panic over typhus epidemic in 1892