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19th Century Pop Star, The Swedish Nightingale
"Jenny Lind Made Her American Debut in New York City" |
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A Book Caused a War?
"Uncle Tom's Cabin Appeared in Serial Form" |
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A Book for Cooks!
"Fannie Farmer Was Born" |
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A Dark-Horse Democrat
"James K. Polk Is Elected 11th President of the United States" |
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A Forty-Niner Writes Home
"Pioneer Life in Sacramento" |
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A Great American President
"Thomas Woodrow Wilson Was Born" |
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A Monumental American Sculptor
"American Sculptor Daniel Chester French Was Born" |
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A Race For The Cup
"The Schooner America Won the Hundred Guinea Cup" |
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A Star Is Born
"Comic Actor Joseph Jefferson Was Born" |
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A Taft Act to Follow!
"U.S. President and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court William Howard Taft Was Born" |
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Arctic Dreams
"Arctic Explorer Robert E. Peary Was Born" |
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Art to the Rescue
"Painter Thomas Moran Was Born" |
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Bird Brain
"John James Audubon Died" |
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Cannon Ball Dodge
"The Battle of Buena Vista" |
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Compromising -- the Great Clay Way!
"The Day Henry Clay Died" |
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Dot, Dot, Dash, Dot, Dash
"Samuel F.B. Morse Sent the First Telegraphic Message" |
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Florida Territory Becomes Our 27th State
"Florida Territory Becomes Our 27th State" |
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Going Up?
"Otis Opened Elevator Factory" |
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Grand Old Man of Nature
"John Burroughs Was Born" |
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Great Gadsden Purchase!
"The Gadsden Purchase Was Signed in Mexico City" |
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Happy New Year from Cyrus Eidlitz
"Architect Cyrus Eidlitz Was Born" |
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Home of Little Rock
"Arkansas Became a State" |
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How Do You Stop Niagara Falls?
"Ice Dam at Niagara's Source" |
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In What Year was the First Election Day?
"Americans Observed the First Uniform Election Day" |
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Killing the Messenger
"Elijah Parish Lovejoy Was Killed By a Pro-slavery Mob" |
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Liberia: From Colony to Country
"Independence for Liberia" |
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Lions and Tigers and Bears, Oh My!
"Lyman Frank Baum Was Born" |
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Live Free or Die!
"Amistad Mutiny Survivors Freed" |
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New Boundaries, New Territories
"The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Was Signed In Mexico City" |
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Petticoat Surgeon
"Elizabeth Blackwell Graduates" |
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Quilting A Legend
"African-American Folk Artist Harriet Powers Was Born" |
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Remember the Alamo!
"Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna Recaptured the Alamo" |
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Scraping The Skies
"Architect Daniel H. Burnham Was Born" |
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Settling the Great Salt Lake
"Brigham Young Settled in the Great Salt Lake Valley" |
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Shiver Me Timbers, Pirates Ahoy!
"U.S. Naval Academy Was Formed" |
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Sinking Fortunes
"The Panic of 1857 Began" |
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Stay Out of Foreign Affairs?!
"Henry Cabot Lodge Was Born" |
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Taking the Oregon Trail
"Congress Created the Oregon Territory" |
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The Fight For Women's Rights
"Second Day of Seneca Falls Convention" |
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The Land of 10,000 Lakes
"Minnesota Became the 32nd State" |
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The Raid on Harpers Ferry
"John Brown Took Harpers Ferry Hostage" |
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The Weeping Time
"The Largest Slave Auction" |
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There's Gold in That Creek!
"Gold Discovered in California" |
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Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn on the Mississippi
"Samuel L. Clemens (Also Known As Mark Twain) Was Born" |
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Two's a Crowd
"John C. Frémont Was Found Guilty Of Mutiny" |
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Welcome to the Great Lakes State
"Michigan Becomes a State" |
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Who Climbs a Mountain in Bloomers?
"Julia Archibald Holmes Reaches Pike's Peak" |
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You May Fire When Ready, Gridley
"Commodore George Dewey Was Born" |