September 2003

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490 B.C—Phidippedes runs to and from Sparta from Marathon, inspiring the 26.2 mile Olympic race

Live From Ancient Olympia! (LP)

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1838—Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery into New York
African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War(LP)
1783—Treaty of Paris signed
Voices of the American Revolution (LP)

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1882—Thomas Edison's first electrical power station begins operation
Thomas Edison's Inventions in the 1900s and Today(LP)

Thomas A. Edison Papers (W)

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1774—First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia

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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1087—William the Conqueror dies
Internet Medieval Sourcebook(W)
1776—Continental Congress changes name of United Colonies to United States
The "To Do" List of the Continental Congress (LP)

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1608—John Smith becomes President of the Jamestown Colony

Jamestown Changes(LP)

Virtual Jamestown (W)

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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)

1810—Mexicans revolt against Spanish Rule

Latin American Network Information Center (W)

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1793—Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building
A Landmark Lesson(LP)
Building Big(W)

1895—Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
Great American Speeches (W)

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1796—George Washington gives his farewell address as President

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Born 1885—Ferdinand "Jellyroll" Morton, jazz musician
Jazz and World War II(LP)

Jazz (W)

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1862—Prelimary Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln

Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)

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Born 1896—F. Scott Fizgerald
The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby(LP)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centanary(W)
1957— Eisenhowever desegregates Little Rock schools
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places (LP)

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1788—Congress proposes the Bill of Rights
Bill of Rights: June 2003 Feature

The First Amendment: What's Fair in a Free Country (LP)

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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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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 (W)