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1939— Germany invades Poland, starting WWII
Turning the Tide in Europe, 1942-1944 (LP)
Holocaust and Resistance (LP)
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1945—Japan Surrenders
Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945 (LP)
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1783—Treaty of Paris signed
The American War for Independence: Ending the War, 1783
Voices of the American Revolution (LP)
1919—Wilson embarks on tour to promote League of Nations
Debate in the U.S. over League of Nations (LP)
1777—Stars and Stripes flies for the first time
Stars and Stripes Forever: Flag Facts for Flag Day (LP)
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1774—First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia
Constitutional Convention of 1787 (LP)
The Constitutional Convention: What the Founding Fathers Said (LP)
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Born 1860—Jane Addams
Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film (LP)
Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1820-1940 (W)
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1883—Northern Pacific Railroad completed
I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad (LP)
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1776—Continental Congress changes name of United Colonies to United States
Lost Hero: The “To Do List” of the Continental Congress (LP)
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1608—John Smith becomes President of the Jamestown Colony
Jamestown at 400
Jamestown Changes (LP)
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PATRIOT DAY
Federalist Debates (LP)
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1940—Lascaux Cave Paintings discovered
Cave Art:Discovering Prehistoric Humans Through Pictures (LP)
The Caves of Lascaux (W)
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1814—Francis Scott Key writes words to Star-Spangled Banner
Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means? (LP)
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Born 1857—US President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft
I Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations (LP)
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1620—Mayflower departs England for Plymouth, Massachussets
Plymouth Colony: Archive Project (W)
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The Constitutional Convention of 1787 (LP)
CONSTITUTION DAY
1787—Final Draft of the Constitution signed.
The Constitutional Convention (LP)
The Preamble to the Constitution (LP)
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1793—Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building
A Landmark Lesson (LP)
1895—Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
"The Rise of Jim Crow": Booker T. Washington (W)
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1796—George Washington gives his farewell address as President
George Washington: The Precedent President (LP)
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Born 1885—Ferdinand "Jellyroll" Morton, jazz musician
Jazz and World War II (LP)
Jazz (W)
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1784—The nation's first daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, began publication.
Regulating Freedom of Speech (LP)
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1862—Prelimary Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln
Emancipation Proclamation: Freedom’s First Steps (LP)
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1806—Lewis and Clark return from first trip to US Pacific Coast
On This Day With Lewis and Clark (LP)
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (W)
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1957—Eisenhowever desegregates Little Rock schools
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places (LP)
Born 1896—F. Scott Fizgerald
The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (LP)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary (W)
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Born 1897—Novelist William Faulkner
Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral (LP)
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1776—British troops occupy Philadelphia
The American War for Independence: The War in the North, 1775-1778 (LP)
Born 1888 —Poet T.S. Eliot
The Academy of American Poets (W)
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Born 1722— Samuel Adams, who helped plan Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? (LP)
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AMERICAN INDIAN DAY
Native American Cultures Across the U.S. (LP)
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1789—United States military created
Lost Hero: Starting a Government from Scratch (LP)
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1965—The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities are established by Lyndon Johnson
The National Endowment for the Humanities (W)
The National Endowment for the Arts
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