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1939— Germany invades Poland, starting WWII
Turning the Tide in Europe, 1942-1944 (LP)
Holocaust and Resistance (LP)
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1783—Treaty of Paris signed
The American War for Independence: Ending the War, 1783
Voices of the American Revolution (LP)
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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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1776—Continental Congress changes name of United Colonies to United States
Lost Hero: 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)
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PATRIOT DAY
Federalist Debates (LP)
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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)
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CONSTITUTION DAY
1787—Final Draft of the Constitution signed.
The Constitutional Convention (LP)
The Preamble to the Constitution (LP)
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1793—Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol Building
A Landmark Lesson (LP)
1895—Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address
"The Rise of Jim Crow": Booker T. Washington (W)
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1796—George Washington gives his farewell address as President
George Washington: The Precedent President (LP)
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Born 1885—Ferdinand "Jellyroll" Morton, jazz musician
Jazz and World War II (LP)
Jazz (W)
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1784—The nation's first daily newspaper, the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser, began publication.
Regulating Freedom of Speech (LP)
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1862—Prelimary Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln
Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)
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1806—Lewis and Clark return from first trip to US Pacific Coast
On This Day With Lewis and Clark (LP)
Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (W)
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1957—Eisenhowever desegregates Little Rock schools
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places (LP)
Born 1896—F. Scott Fizgerald
The "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (LP)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary (W)
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Born 1897—Novelist William Faulkner
Faulkner’s As I Lay Dying: Form of a Funeral (LP)
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Born 1888 —Poet T.S. Eliot
The Academy of American Poets (W)
1776—British troops occupy Philadelphia
The American War for Independence: The War in the North, 1775-1778 (LP)
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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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AMERICAN INDIAN DAY
Native American Cultures Across the U.S. (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
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