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1797—Whiskey Rebellion
Washington and the Whiskey Rebellion (LP)
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1776—The Declaration of Independence was formally signed
Declare the Causes: The Declaration of Independence (LP)
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1492—Christopher Columbus sets sail
What Was Columbus Thinking? (LP)
Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus (LP)
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Born 1901—Jazz Musician Louis Armstrong
Learning the Blues (LP)
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1945—The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, Japan during WWII
Images at War (LP)
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1782—George Washington created the Order of the Purple Heart
George Washington: The Living Symbol (LP)
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1974—Richard Nixon announces his resignation as President
Constitutional Issues: Watergate and the Constitution (W)
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1845—Henry David Thoreau publishes his book "Walden"
American Memory Project (W)
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1846—Congress establishes the Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum (W)
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On the Oregon Trail (LP)
The Oregon Trail (W)
New Perspectives on the West (W)
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1848—Congress created the Oregon Territory
Go West: Imagining the Oregon Trail (LP)
If You Were a Pioneer on the Oregon Trail (LP)
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Freedmen and Southern Society Project (W)
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1863—The Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)
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Born 1786—Davy Crockett
Born on a Mountaintop?: Davy Crockett, Tall Tales, and History (LP)
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*This Month's Feature
Born 1774—Explorer Meriwether Lewis
On This Day With Lewis and Clark (LP)
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1831—The Nat Turner Slave Rebellion occurred
Families in Bondage (LP)
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Died 1904—Kate Chopin, author
The Internet Public Library (W)
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79—Mt. Vesuvius Erupts
In Old Pompeii
Pompeii Forum Project (W)
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1920—The 19th Ammendment, granting women's suffrage, passes
Cultural Change (LP)
Scripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film (LP)
Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 (W)
U.S. Women's History Workshop (W)
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1789—The "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" signed in France
The Avalon Project at the Yale Law School (W)
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1963—Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his "I have a dream" speech
Dr. King's Dream (LP)
Great American Speeches (W)
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Let Freedom Ring: The Life and Legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. (LP)
Martin Luther King, Jr.,
and the Power of Nonviolence (LP)
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W)
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1907—Thurgood Marshall confirmed as the 1st African American Supreme Court Justice
Oyez, Oyez, Oyez: Supreme Court WWW Resource (W)
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