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1931 Empire State Building
Building Big (W)
International Labor Day
Was There an Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers (LP)
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Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan (LP)
1945—the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin.
Victory and the New Order in Europe (LP)
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1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracy
The New Order for “Greater East Asia” (LP)
Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945 (LP)
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Animals of the Chinese Zodiac (LP)
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2008 The Presidents—an American Experience series on U.S. Presidents begins
American Experience on PBS (W)
Children's Day—S. Korea & Japan
Common Visions, Common Voices (LP)
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Where I Come From (LP)
President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
American President (W)
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1913—Britain rejects woman's right to vote
Cultural Change (LP)
1915 German sub sinks Lusitania
United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I
1812 Born—Robert Browning, British poet
Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and Dramatic Monologue (LP)
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1854—US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
The World of Haiku (LP)
1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe
Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 (LP)
Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory (LP)
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1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holiday
Picturing First Families (L)
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1940—Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain
How “Grand” and “Allied” was the Grand Alliance? (LP)
1968—Vietnam peace talks began between US & North Vietnam
AskAsia (W)
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Marco Polo Takes a Trip (LP)
Mother's Day
Family and Friendship in Quilts (LP)
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Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year (LP)
1934 Dust storm sweeps Great Plains
Dust Bowl Days (L)
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1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New World
Virtual Jamestown (W)
Images of the New World (LP)
Jamestown Changes (LP)
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1804—Lewis & Clark set out for Pacific Coast
On This Day with Lewis and Clark (LP)
1935—The Philippines ratifies independence agreement
The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941 (LP)
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1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy (LP)
KidSpace (W)
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1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment
American Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W)
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1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP)
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1896- US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States (LP)
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On the Road With Marco Polo (LP)
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Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy (LP)
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1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris
What Makes a Hero? (L)
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1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP)
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1810 Margaret Fuller born.
I Hear America Singing (W)
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1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge
PBs Brooklyn Bridge (W)
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1803 Born—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Romantic Circles (W)
1961 John F. Kennedy Pledges to Support Space Program
JFK in History:Space Program (W)
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2008—Memorial Day observed
The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage (LP)
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1941 FDR declares unlimited national emergency
The Presidents FDR (W)
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1830 Andrew Jackson signs Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency (W)
1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OH
Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality? (L)
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1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle Ages
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (W)
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1854 President Pierce signs Kansas Nebraska Act
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 (L)
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1819 Born—Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: the Sweep of the Universe (LP)
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