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1955—Rosa Parks arrested; initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP)
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W)
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1823—President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
American President (W)
The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job (LP)
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1847—Frederick Douglass and Martin R Delaney begin anti-slavery paper The North Star
From Courage to Freedom: Frederick Douglass's 1845 Autobiography
African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (LP)
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1942—FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration
Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs (LP)
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1848—President Polk confirms California gold discovery
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories (W)
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1926, died—Claude Monet, impressionist painter.
An Introduction to the Relationship Between Composition and Content in the Visual Arts (LP)
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1941—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
Turning the Tide in the Pacific, 1941-1943 (LP)
Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945 (LP)
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1765—Born, Eli Whitney inventor (Cotton Gin)
Factory vs. Plantation in the North and South (LP)
Whole Cloth (W)
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Born 1608—John Milton, poet/puritan
“World enough, and time”—Andrew Marvell's Coy Mistress (LP)
A Story of Epic Proportions: What makes a Poem an Epic? (LP)
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1898—Spanish- American War ends.
Great American Speeches (W)
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1800—Washington, DC established as U.S. capital.
From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today (LP)
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1773—Boston Tea Party
The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? (LP)
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1865—13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)
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1849— Born, Henry Clay Frick—built world's largest coke & steel operation
The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories (LP)
Born 1790—Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights (LP)
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1375—Died, Giovanni Boccaccio Italian poet (Vita di Dante, Decameron)
The Path of the Black Death (LP)
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Born 1744—Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)
Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP)
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1907—1st all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona PA
I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad (LP)
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1814—Treaty of Ghent (end of the War of 1812) signed
President Madison's 1812 War Message
The Avalon Project: Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain (W)
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2006—Christmas
Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus
XPEDITIONS: Celebrating December (W)
1776—George Washington's army crosses the Delaware and defeats Hessians at Trenton
What Made George Washington a Good Military Leader?
The War in the North, 1775-1778 (LP)
800—Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor - beginning of Holy Roman Empire
The Avalon Project: Capitulary of Charlemagne (W)
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1492—1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus
Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus (LP)
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2006—New Year's Eve
1879—Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp
Thomas Edison’s Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From “New” to You! (LP)
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