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1955—Rosa Parks arrested; initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP)
We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W)
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1823—President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine"
American President (W)
The President's Roles and Responsibilities: Understanding the President's Job (LP)
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090511181915im_/http://edsitement.neh.gov/calendar_images/calendar340/nstar.jpg) 1847—Frederick Douglass and Martin R Delaney begin anti-slavery paper The North Star African-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (LP)
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1942—FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration Worth a Thousand Words: Depression-Era Photographs (LP)
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1848—President Polk confirms California gold discovery
Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories (W)
1935—Mary McLeod Bethune founds National Council of Negro Women in NY Dr. King's Dream (LP)
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1941—Japan attacks Pearl Harbor; U.S. declares war on Japan
On the Home Front (LP) History Matters (W)
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Born 1608—John Milton, poet/puritan
Writing Poetry Like Pros (LP)
The Academy of American Poets (W)
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1898—Spanish- American War ends.
Great American Speeches (W)
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1800—Washington, DC established as U.S. capital.
From the White House of Yesterday to the White House of Today (LP)
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1773—Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? (LP)
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1865—13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery Attitudes Toward Emancipation (LP)
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1849 Born, Henry Clay Frickbuilt world's largest coke & steel operation The Industrial Age in America: Sweatshops, Steel Mills, and Factories (LP)
Born 1790—Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer
Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights (LP)
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Born 1744—Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801)
Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP)
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19071st all-steel passenger railroad coach completed, Altoona PA I Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad (LP)
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1814—Treaty of Ghent (end of the War of 1812) signed
The Avalon Project: Treaty of Ghent with Great Britain (W)
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2003—Christmas Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus XPEDITIONS: Celebrating December (W)
800—Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor - beginning of Holy Roman Empire
The Avalon Project: Capitulary of Charlemagne (W)
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1776—George Washington's army crosses Delaware River George Washington: The Precedent President (LP)
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14921st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus Other Worlds: The Voyage of Columbus (LP)
1776George Washington defeats Hessians at Trenton George Washington: The Living Symbol (LP)
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2003—New Year's Eve
1879—Edison gives 1st public demonstration of his incandescent lamp Thomas Edison’s Inventions in the 1900s and Today: From “New” to You! (LP)
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