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79—Mt. Vesuvius buries Pompeii In Old Pompeii (LP) 1986—First National War Monument for Native Americans dedicated Native Americans From the Land Teacher Serve (W) Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity (LP) |
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1922—Howard Carter discovers tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt Exploring Ancient World Cultures (W) | |||||
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1813—Chilpancingo congress declares Mexico independent of Spain Conquistadors (W) |
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1917—Bolshevik Revolution in Russia Bucknell Russian Studies Department (W) 1811—Battle of Tippecanoe: Gen. William Henry Harrison routes Indians |
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1938—"Kristallnacht" (Crystal Night): Nazi Stormtroopers attack Jews The US Holocaust Museum: Kristallnacht, The 1938 Pogroms (W) Holocaust and Resistance (LP) |
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11 1918—World War I Armistice (Veterans Day) Great War Primary Documents Archive: The Armistice Demands (W) | |||||
12 Born 1815—Elizabeth Cady Stanton, suffragist Cultural Change (LP) US Women's History Workshop: A Narrative Guide to the Women's Rights Movement (W) Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1830-1930 (W) |
13 1839—1st US antislavery party, Liberty Party, convenes in NY Exploring the Amistad: The Election of 1840 (W) |
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15 1969—250,000 peacefully demonstrate in Washington, DC against the Vietnam War AskAsia: Vietnam History (W) Conversations with History: Recalling the Vietnam War (W) |
16 Born 1930—Chinua Achebe, Nigerian writer The New Americans - Teacher Guide - Nigeria 101 (W) 1864—Union General William T. Sherman sets fire to Atlanta, begins March to the Sea Valley of the Shadow (W) |
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19 1863—Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Adderss Library of Congress: America's Story from America's Library (W) National Park Service, Links to the Past: Battle of Gettysburg (W) Lincoln Goes to War (LP) We Must Not Be Enemies: Lincoln's First Inaugural Address (LP) |
20 1789—New Jersey becoms 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights |
21 1620—Mayflower Compact signed Plymouth Colony Archive Project (W) |
22 Born 1819—George Eliot, English novelist Victorian Web (W) 1963—President Kennedy assassinated in Dallas, TX The American President: The Charismatic President—Death of a President (W) |
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24 1958—Mali becomes an autonomous state within French Community Art and Life in Africa Online (W) Learner.org: Mali and Songhai (W) |
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26 1865—Alice in Wonderland published Childhood Through the Looking-Glass (LP) A Trip to Wonderland (LP) |
27 1095—Pope Urban II proclaims First Crusade at Council of Clermont The End of Europe's Middle Ages: The Crusades (W) |
28 Born 1757—William Blake, English poet and painter William Blake Archive (W) 1863—Thanksgiving observed as an U.S. holiday Plymouth Colony Archive (W) Thanksgiving in American Memory: Founders Give Thanks (W) |
29 1864—Sand Creek Massacre of Cheyenne Indians, Colorado New Perspectives on the West: Black Kettle (W) New Prespectives on the West: John M. Chivington (W) |
30 Born 1667—Jonathon Swift, author Gulliver's Travels (W) Born 1835—Mark Twain, author Mark Twain and American Humor (LP) Mark Twain and His Times (W) |
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