October 2006

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1908—Henry Ford introduces Model T into the market
Was There An Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers (LP)

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Born 1869—Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr. and the Power of Nonviolence (LP)

Born 1800—Nat Turner
Documenting the American South (North American Slave Narratives) (W)

Eye of the Civil War: People and Places (LP)

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1895— The Red Badge of Courage published
The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage (LP)

The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Realism (LP)

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1636—First North American legal code instituted in Plymouth Colony
Plymouth Colony: Archive Project (W)

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1877—Chief Joseph surrenders to U.S. soldiers
Portrait of a Hero (LP)

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Died 1849— Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Narrator (LP)
Edgar Allan Poe, Ambrose Bierce, and the Unreliable Biographers (LP)

1765—Stamp Act Congress convenes in New York
Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution (LP)

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1871—Great Fire destroys much of Chicago
Evaluating Eyewitness Reports (LP)

Great Chicago Fire and the Web of Memory (W)

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1002—Leif Ericson lands in North America
Arctic Studies Center (Vikings: The North American Saga) (W)

1776—Spanish missionaries settle in present-day San Francisco
Web de Anza (W)

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Died 1965—Depression-era photographer Dorothea Lange
Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs (LP)

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1792—Cornerstone of White House laid
A President's Home and the President's House (LP)
How Was the White House Designed? (LP)

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Born 1894—e e cummings
Writing Poetry Like Pros (LP)

Modern American Poetry (W)

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1859— John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)

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1777—Patriot victory at Saratoga
Background on the Patriot Attitude Toward the Monarchy(LP)

The War in the North, 1775-1778 (LP)

Born 1915— Arthur Miller
Dramatizing History in Arthur Miller's The Crucible  (LP)

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1898— U.S. troops take over Puerto Rico
La Familia(LP)

A Collector's Vision of Puerto Rico (LP)

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1781—End of Revolutionary War
American Colonial Life in the Late 1700s: Distant Cousins (LP)

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1803—Senate ratifies Louisiana Purchase
On This Day With Lewis and Clark(LP)

Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (W)

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1879—Thomas Edison unveils working light bulb
Thomas A. Edison Papers(W)

1960—Final round of televised debates between JFK and Nixon
The President's Roles & Responsibilities (LP)

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1962—John F. Kennedy announces blockade of Cuba
What Happens in the White House? (LP)

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1915—25,000 women march in New York demanding right to vote
Voting Rights for Women: Pro- and Anti-Suffrage (LP)

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1415—Battle of Agincourt
Not Everyone Lived in Castles During the Middle Ages(LP)

Died 1400—Geoffrey Chaucer
Chaucer's Wife of Bath (LP)

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1787—First of the Federalist Papers published
Before and Beyond the Constitution: Chief Executives Compared: The Federalist Papers (LP)

Born 1932—Sylvia Plath
The Academy of American Poets (W)

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1886—Statue of Liberty dedicated
The Statue of Liberty: Meaning and Use of a National Symbol(LP)


The Statue of Liberty: Bringing the 'New Colossus' to America (LP)

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Born 1837—Quilt artist Harriet Powers
Stories in Quilts(LP)

1929—"Black Tuesday"; Great Depression begins
Dust Bowl Days (LP)

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Born 1735— John Adams
Like Father, Like Son: Presidential Families (LP)

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