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1986—First National War Monument for Native Americans dedicated
Native Americans and the Land— Teacher Serve (W)
Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity (LP)
79—Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii
In Old Pompeii (LP)
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1972—500 Native Americans conclude the
"Trail of Broken Treaties" march to Washington, DC
Native Americans From the Land from Teacher Serve (W)
Mexico and Portugal celebrate Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead
Casa de Joanna: Dia de los Muertos (W)
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1922—Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt
Egyptian Symbols and Figures: Scroll Paintings (LP)
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Native American Cultures Across the U.S. (LP)
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1813—Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain
Conquistadors (W)
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1811—Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison routs Indians
Map of Tippecanoe Battle (from American Memory Collection) (W)
1917—Bolshevik Revolution in Russia
Bucknell Russian Studies Department (W)
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Traditions and Languages of Three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota, & Cherokee (LP)
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1938—"Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night): Nazi Stormtroopers attack Jews
The US Holocaust Museum: Kristallnacht, The 1938 Pogroms (W)
Holocaust and Resistance (LP)
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1918—World War I Armistice (Veterans Day)
The Great War: Evaluating the Treaty of Versailles (LP)
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Born 1815—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffragist
Cultural Change (LP)
US Women's History Workshop: A Narrative Guide to the Women's Rights Movement (W)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 (W)
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Slave Narratives: Constructing U.S. History Through Analyzing Primary Sources (LP)
1839—1st US antislavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY
Exploring the Amistad: The Election of 1840 (W)
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Anishinabe - Ojibwe - Chippewa: Culture of an Indian Nation (LP)
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1969—250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War
AskAsia: The Vietnam Challenge (W)
Conversations with History: Recalling the Vietnam War (W)
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1864—Union General William T. Sherman sets fire to Atlanta, begins March to the Sea
Before Brother Fought Brother: Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South (LP)
Valley of the Shadow (W)
Born 1930—Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer
Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies (LP)
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Colonial Broadsides and the American Revolution (LP)
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1863—Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adderss
Library of Congress: America's Story from America's Library (W)
National Park Service, Links to the Past: Battle of Gettysburg (W)
Lincoln Goes to War (LP)
We Must Not Be Enemies: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (LP)
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1789—New Jersey becomes 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights
The Preamble to the Constitution:How Do You Make a More Perfect Union? (LP)
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1963—President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, TX
The American President: The Charismatic President—Death of a President (W)
Born 1819—George Eliot, English novelist
Victorian Web (W)
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1958—Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community
Art and Life in Africa Online (W)
Learner.org: Mali and Songhai (W)
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Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity (LP)
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1865—Alice in Wonderland published
Childhood Through the Looking-Glass (LP)
A Trip to Wonderland (LP)
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1095—Pope Urban II proclaims First Crusade at Council of Clermont
The End of Europe's Middle Ages: The Crusades (W)
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1863—Thanksgiving observed as an U.S. holiday
Plymouth Colony Archive (W)
Thanksgiving in American Memory: Founders Give Thanks (W)
Born 1757—William Blake, English poet and painter
William Blake Archive (W)
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1864—Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, Colorado
New Perspectives on the West: Black Kettle (W)
New Prespectives on the West: John M. Chivington (W)
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Born 1667—Jonathan Swift, author
Gulliver's Travels (W)
Born 1835—Mark Twain, author
Mark Twain and American Humor (LP)
Mark Twain and His Times (W)
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