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- NOV. 30, 1886: Folies Bergere stage first revue
- NOV. 29, 1947: U.N. votes for partition of Palestine
- NOV. 28, 1520: Magellan reaches the Pacific
- NOV. 27, 1095: Pope Urban II orders first Crusade
- NOV. 26, 1941: FDR establishes modern Thanksgiving holiday
- NOV. 25, 1952: Mousetrap opens in London
- NOV. 24, 1859: Origin of Species is published
- NOV. 23, 1936: First issue of Life is published
- NOV. 22, 1963: John F. Kennedy assassinated
- NOV. 21, 1980: Millions tune in to find out who shot J.R.
- NOV. 20, 1945: Nuremberg trials begin
- NOV. 19, 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address
- NOV. 18, 1991: Terry Waite released
- NOV. 17, 1558: Elizabethan Age begins
- NOV. 16, 1532: Pizarro traps Incan emperor Atahualpa
- NOV. 15, 1867: First stock ticker debuts
- NOV. 14, 1851: Moby-Dick published
- NOV. 13, 1982: Vietnam Veterans Memorial dedicated
- NOV. 12, 1954: Ellis Island closes
- NOV. 11, 1918: World War I ends
- NOV. 10, 1969: Sesame Street debuts
- NOV. 9, 1938: Nazis launch Kristallnacht
- NOV. 8, 1895: German scientist discovers x-rays
- NOV. 7, 1991: Magic Johnson announces he is HIV-positive
- NOV. 6, 1962: U.N. condemns apartheid
- NOV. 5, 1994: George Foreman becomes oldest heavyweight champ
- NOV. 4, 1956: Soviets put brutal end to Hungarian revolution
- NOV. 3, 1964: D.C. residents cast first presidential votes
- NOV. 2, 1947: Spruce Goose flies
- NOV. 1, 1512: Sistine Chapel ceiling opens to public
- OCT. 31, 1517: Martin Luther posts 95 theses
- OCT. 30, 1938: Welles scares nation
- OCT. 29, 1998: John Glenn returns to space
- OCT. 28, 1965: Gateway Arch completed
- OCT. 27, 1904: New York City subway opens
- OCT. 26, 1881: Shootout at the OK Corral
- OCT. 25, 1881: Pablo Picasso born
- OCT. 24, 1901: First barrel ride down Niagara Falls
- OCT. 23, 2002: Hostage crisis in Moscow theater
- OCT. 22, 1962: Cuban Missile Crisis
- OCT. 21, 1959: Guggenheim Museum opens in New York City
- OCT. 20, 1947: Congress investigates Reds in Hollywood
- OCT. 19, 1781: Victory at Yorktown
- OCT. 18, 1867: U.S. takes possession of Alaska
- OCT. 17, 1931: Capone goes to prison
- OCT. 16, 1934: The Long March
- OCT. 15, 1917: Mata Hari executed
- OCT. 14, 1947: Yeager breaks sound barrier
- OCT. 12, 1492: Columbus reaches the New World
- OCT. 13, 1792: White House cornerstone laid
- OCT. 11, 2002: Jimmy Carter wins Nobel Prize
- OCT. 10, 1985: Achille Lauro hijacking ends
- OCT. 9, 1967: Che Guevara is executed
- OCT. 8, 1871: Great Chicago Fire begins
- OCT. 7, 2003: Arnold Schwarzenegger becomes California governor
- OCT. 6, 1866: First U.S. train robbery
- OCT. 5, 1947: First presidential speech on TV
- OCT. 4, 1957: Sputnik launched
- OCT. 3, 1995: O.J. Simpson acquitted
- OCT. 2, 1985: Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
- OCT. 1, 1890: Yosemite National Park established
- SEPT. 30, 1954: USS Nautilus commissioned
- SEPT. 29, 2005: Reporter Judith Miller released from prison
- SEPT. 28, 1941: Ted Williams becomes last player to hit .400
- SEPT. 27, 1779: John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British
- SEPT. 26, 1960: First Kennedy-Nixon debate
- SEPT. 25, 1957: Central High School integrated
- SEPT. 24, 1789: The First Supreme Court
- SEPT. 23, 1875: Billy the Kid arrested for first time
- SEPT. 22, 1862: Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
- SEPT. 21, 1780: Benedict Arnold commits treason
- SEPT. 20, 1973: King triumphs in Battle of Sexes
- SEPT. 19, 1957: Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion
- SEPT. 18, 1793: Capitol cornerstone is laid
- SEPT. 17, 1862: Battle of Antietam
- SEPT. 16, 1932: Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
- SEPT. 15, 1978: Ali defeats Spinks to win world heavyweight championship
- SEPT. 14, 1901: McKinley dies of infection from gunshot wounds
- SEPT. 13, 1814: Key pens Star-Spangled Banner
- SEPT. 12, 1940: Lascaux cave paintings discovered
- SEPT. 11, 2001: Attack on America
- SEPT. 10, 1897: First drunk driving arrest
- SEPT. 9, 1893: President's child born in White House
- SEPT. 8, 1974: Ford pardons Nixon
- SEPT. 7, 1813: United States nicknamed Uncle Sam
- SEPT. 6, 1915: First tank produced
- SEPT. 5, 1836: Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
- SEPT. 4, 1886: Geronimo surrenders
- SEPT. 3, 1783: Treaty of Paris signed
- SEPT. 2, 1969: First ATM opens for business
- SEPT. 1, 1864: Atlanta falls to Union forces
- AUG. 31, 1980: Polish government signs accord with Gdansk shipyard workers
- AUG. 30, 1967: Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice
- AUG. 29, 2005: Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast
- AUG. 28, 1996: Charles and Diana divorce
- AUG. 27, 1883: Krakatau explodes
- AUG. 26, 1939: First televised Major League baseball game
- AUG. 25, 1835: The Great Moon Hoax
- AUG. 24, 79: Vesusvius erupts
- AUG. 23, 1902: Fannie Farmer opens cooking school
- AUG. 22, 1950: Althea Gibson becomes first African-American on U.S. tennis tour
- AUG. 21, 1959: Hawaii becomes 50th state
- AUG. 20, 1911: First around-the-world telegram sent, 66 years before Voyager II launch
- AUG. 19, 1909: First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
- AUG. 18, 1991: Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
- AUG. 17, 1969: Woodstock Music Festival concludes
- AUG. 16, 1896: Gold discovered in the Yukon
- AUG. 15, 1969: The Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York
- AUG. 14, 2003: Blackout hits Northeast United States
- AUG. 13, 1961: Berlin is divided
- AUG. 12, 1990: Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered
- AUG. 11, 1934: Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
- AUG. 10, 1846: Smithsonian Institution created
- AUG. 9, 1974: Unusual succession makes Ford president
- AUG. 8, 1974: Nixon resigns
- AUG. 7, 1947: Wood raft makes 4,300-mile voyage
- AUG. 6, 1945: American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
- AUG. 5, 2002: Divers recover U.S.S. Monitor turret
- AUG. 4, 1944: Anne Frank captured
- AUG. 3, 1958: Nautilus travels under North Pole
- AUG. 2, 1990: Iraq invades Kuwait
- AUG. 1, 1961: Texans head for the thrills at Six Flags
- JUL. 31, 1975: Jimmy Hoffa disappears
- JUL. 30, 1965: Johnson signs Medicare into law
- JUL. 29, 1958: NASA created
- JUL. 28, 1868: 14th Amendment adopted
- JUL. 27, 1974: House begins impeachment of Nixon
- JUL. 26, 1775: U.S. postal system established
- JUL. 25, 1978: World’s First Test Tube Baby Born
- JUL. 24, 1911: Machu Picchu discovered
- JUL. 23, 1984: Miss America resigns
- JUL. 22, 2003: Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome
- JUL. 21, 1861: The First Battle of Bull Run
- JUL. 20, 1969: Armstrong walks on moon
- JUL. 19, 1799: Rosetta Stone found
- JUL. 18, 1940: FDR nominated for unprecedented third term
- JUL. 17, 1955: Disneyland opens
- JUL. 16, 1945: Atom bomb successfully tested
- JUL. 15, 1971: Nixon announces visit to communist China
- JUL. 14, 1789: French revolutionaries storm Bastille
- JUL. 13, 1985: Live Aid concert
- Jul. 12, 1984: Ferraro named vice presidential candidate
- JUL. 11, 1804: Burr slays Hamilton in duel
- JUL. 10, 1925: Monkey Trial begins
- JUL. 9, 1877: Wimbledon tournament begins
- JUL. 8, 1951: Paris celebrates 2,000th birthday
- JUL. 7, 1930: Building of Hoover Dam begins
- JUL. 6, 1957: Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon
- JUL. 5, 1946: Bikini introduced
- JUL. 4, 1776: U.S. declares independence
- JUL. 3, 1863: Battle of Gettysburg ends
- JUL. 2, 1964: Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
- JUL. 1, 1997: Hong Kong returned to China
- JUN. 30, 1936: Gone with the Wind published
- JUN. 29, 1995: U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station
- JUN. 28, 1953: Workers assemble first Corvette in Flint, Michigan
- JUN. 27, 1950: Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
- JUN. 26, 1948: U.S. begins Berlin Airlift
- JUN. 25, 1876: Battle of Little Bighorn
- JUN. 24, 1997: U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell
- JUN. 23, 1992: Teflon Don sentenced to life
- JUN. 22, 1944: FDR signs G.I. Bill
- JUN. 21, 1788: U.S. Constitution ratified
- JUN. 20, 1975: Jaws released
- JUN. 19, 1953: Rosenbergs executed
- JUN. 18, 1812: War of 1812 begins
- JUN. 17, 1885: Statue of Liberty arrives in New York harbor
- JUN. 16, 1884: First roller coaster in America opens
- JUN. 15, 1215: Magna Carta sealed
- JUN. 14, 1777: Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes
- JUN. 13, 1966: The Miranda rights are established
- JUN. 12, 1987: Reagan challenges Gorbachev
- JUN. 11, 1979: John Wayne dies
- JUN. 10, 1752: Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
- JUN. 9, 1973: Secretariat wins Triple Crown
- JUNE 8, 1968: King assassination suspect arrested
- JUNE 7, 1913: First successful ascent of Mt. McKinley
- JUNE 6, 1944: D-Day
- JUNE 5, 1933: FDR takes United States off gold standard
- JUNE 4, 1942: Battle of Midway begins
- JUNE 3, 1989: Crackdown at Tiananmen begins
- JUNE 2, 1935: Babe Ruth retires
- JUNE 1, 1980: CNN launches
- MAY 31, 1859: Big Ben goes into operation in London
- MAY 30, 1431: Joan of Arc martyred
- MAY 29, 1953: Hillary and Tenzing reach Everest summit
- MAY 28, 1961: Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
- MAY 27, 1941: Bismarck sunk by Royal Navy
- MAY 26, 1897: Dracula goes on sale in London
- MAY 25, 1977: Star Wars opens
- MAY 24, 1883: Brooklyn Bridge opens
- MAY 23, 1934: Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
- MAY 22, 1843: Great Emigration departs for Oregon
- MAY 21, 1881: American Red Cross founded
- MAY 20, 1873: Levi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
- MAY 19, 1935: Lawrence of Arabia dies
- MAY 18, 1920: Pope John Paul II born
- MAY 17, 1954: Brown v. Board of Ed is decided
- MAY 16, 1929: First Academy Awards ceremony
- MAY 15, 1937: Madeleine Albright is born
- MAY 14, 1804: Lewis and Clark depart
- MAY 13, 1846: President Polk declares war on Mexico
- MAY 12, 1957: Race car driver A.J. Foyt gets first pro victory
- MAY 11, 1934: Dust storm sweeps from Great Plains across Eastern states
- MAY 10, 1869: Transcontinental railroad completed
- MAY 9, 1950: L. Ron Hubbard publishes Dianetics
- MAY 8, 1945: V-E Day is celebrated in America and Britain
- MAY 7, 1994: The Scream recovered
- MAY 6, 1994: English Channel tunnel opens
- MAY 5, 1961: The first American in space
- MAY 4, 1994: Rabin and Arafat sign accord for Palestinian self-rule
- MAY 3, 1469: Niccolo Machiavelli born
- MAY 2, 1933: Loch Ness Monster sighted
- MAY 1, 1931: Empire State Building dedicated
- APR. 30, 1945: Adolf Hitler commits suicide
- APR. 29, 2004: World War II monument opens in Washington, D. C.
- APR. 28, 1945: Benito Mussolini executed
- APR. 27, 4977 B. C.: Universe is created according to Kempler
- APR. 26, 1954: Polio vaccine trials begin
- APR. 25, 1983: Andropov writes to U. S. student
- APR. 24, 1916: Easter Rebellion begins
- APR. 23, 1564: William Shakespeare born
- APR. 22, 1970: The first Earth Day
- APR. 21, 753 B.C.: Rome founded
- APR. 20, 1980: Castro announces Mariel Boatlift
- APR. 19, 1897: First Boston Marathon held
- APR. 18, 1906: The Great San Francisco Earthquake
- APR. 17, 1970: Apollo 13 returns to Earth
- APR. 16, 1943: Hallucinogenic effects of LSD discovered
- APR. 15, 1947: Jackie Robinson breaks color barrier
- APR. 14, 1865: Lincoln is shot
- APR. 13, 1997: Tiger Woods wins first major
- APR. 12, 1861: The Civil War begins
- APR. 11, 1814: Napoleon exiled to Elba
- APR. 10, 1866: ASPCA is founded
- APR. 9, 1865: Robert E. Lee surrenders
- APR. 8, 1974: Aaron sets new home run record
- APR. 7, 1994: Civil war erupts in Rwanda
- APR. 6, 1896: First modern Olympic Games
- APR. 5, 1614: Pocahontas marries John Rolfe
- APR. 4, 1968: Dr. King is assassinated
- APR. 3, 1860: Pony Express debuts
- APR. 2, 2005: Pope John Paul II dies
- APR. 1, 1700: April Fools tradition popularized
- MAR. 31, 1889: Eiffel Tower opens
- MAR. 30, 1981: President Reagan shot
- MAR. 29, 1973: U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
- MAR. 28, 1979: Nuclear accident at Three Mile Island
- MAR. 27, 1912: Japanese cherry trees planted along the Potomac
- MAR. 26, 1979: Israel-Egyptian peace agreement signed
- MAR. 25, 1911: Triangle Shirtwaist Fire in New York City
- MAR. 24, 1989: Exxon Valdez runs aground
- MAR. 23, 1839: OK enters national vernacular
- MAR. 22, 1765: Stamp Act imposed on American colonies
- MAR. 21, 1871: Stanley begins search for Livingstone
- MAR. 20, 1965: LBJ sends federal troops to Alabama
- MAR. 19, 2003: War in Iraq begins
- MAR. 18, 1862: Wells and Fargo start shipping and banking company
- MAR. 17, 461: Saint Patrick dies
- MAR. 16, 1802: U.S. Military Academy established
- MAR. 15, 1965: Johnson calls for equal voting rights
- MAR. 14, 1879: Albert Einstein born
- MAR. 13, 1942: U.S. Army launches K-9 Corps
- MAR. 12, 1933: FDR gives first fireside chat
- MAR. 11, 1997: Paul McCartney knighted
- MAR. 10, 1959: Rebellion in Tibet
- MAR. 9, 1959: Barbie makes her debut
- MAR. 8, 1917: February Revolution begins
- MAR. 7, 1876: Alexander Graham Bell patents the telephone
- MAR. 6, 1899: Bayer patents aspirin
- MAR. 5, 1963: Hula-Hoop patented
- MAR. 4, 1933: FDR inaugurated
- MAR. 3, 1887: Helen Keller meets her miracle worker
- MAR. 2, 1904: Dr. Seuss born
- MAR. 1, 1932: Lindbergh baby kidnapped
- FEB. 28, 1953: Watson and Crick discover chemical structure of DNA
- FEB. 27, 1827: New Orleanians take to the streets for Mardi Gras
- FEB. 26, 1919: Two national parks preserved, 10 years apart
- FEB. 25, 1964: Clay knocks out Liston
- FEB. 24, 1836: Alamo defenders call for help
- FEB. 23, 1945: U.S. flag raised on Iwo Jima
- FEB. 22, 1980: U.S. hockey team makes miracle on ice
- FEB. 21, 1965: Malcolm X assassinated
- FEB. 20, 1962: An American orbits earth
- FEB. 19, 1847: Donner Party rescued
- FEB. 18, 1885: Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- FEB. 17, 1904: Madame Butterfly premieres
- FEB. 16, 1923: Archaeologist opens tomb of King Tut
- FEB. 15, 1898: The Maine explodes
- FEB. 14, 278: St. Valentine beheaded
- FEB. 13, 1633: Galileo in Rome for Inquisition
- FEB. 12, 2002: Milosevic goes on trial for war crimes
- FEB. 11, 1990: Nelson Mandela released from prison
- FEB. 10, 1996: Kasparov loses chess game to computer
- FEB. 9, 1971: Satchel Paige nominated to Baseball Hall of Fame
- FEB. 8, 1943: Americans secure Guadalcanal
- FEB. 7, 1964: Beatles arrive in New York
- FEB. 6, 1952: Queen Elizabeth becomes queen
- FEB. 5, 1994: Beckwith convicted of killing Medgar Evers
- FEB. 4, 1974: Patty Hearst kidnapped
- FEB. 3, 2005: Gonzales becomes first Hispanic U. S. attorney general
- FEB. 2, 1887: First Groundhog Day
- FEB. 1, 1884: Oxford Dictionary debuts
- JAN. 31, 1950: Truman announces development of H-bomb
- JAN. 30, 1948: Gandhi assassinated
- JAN. 29, 1936: U.S. Baseball Hall of Fame elects first members
- JAN. 28, 1986: Challenger disaster
- JAN. 27, 1888 : National Geographic Society founded
- JAN. 26, 1788: Australia Day
- JAN. 25, 1905: World's largest diamond found
- JAN. 24, 1965: Winston Churchill dies
- JAN. 23, 1957: Toy company Wham-O produces first Frisbees
- JAN. 22, 1998: Ted Kaczynski pleads guilty to bombings
- JAN. 21, 1977: President Carter pardons draft dodgers
- JAN. 20, 1981: Iran Hostage Crisis ends
- JAN. 19, 1809: Edgar Allan Poe is born
- JAN. 18, 1919: Post-World War I peace conference begins in Paris
- JAN. 17, 1950: Boston thieves pull of historic robbery
- JAN. 16, 1919: Prohibition takes effect
- JAN. 15, 1967: Packers face Chiefs in first Super Bowl
- JAN. 14, 1875 : Albert Schweitzer born
- JAN. 13, 1128: Pop recognizes Knights Templar
- JAN. 12, 1926: Original Amos ‘n’ Andy debuts on Chicago radio
- JAN. 11, 1908: Theodore Roosevelt makes Grand Canyon a national monument
- JAN. 10, 1901: Gusher signals start of U. S. oil industry
- JAN. 9, 1493: Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids
- JAN. 8, 1877: Crazy Horse fights last battle
- JAN. 7, 1789: First U. S. presidential election
- JAN. 6, 1838: Morse demonstrates telegraph
- JAN. 5, 1933: Golden Gate Bridge is born
- JAN. 4, 1999: The euro debuts
- JAN. 3, 1990: Noriega surrenders to U.S.
- JAN. 2, 1980: U.S.-Russia detente ends
- JAN. 1, 1959: Batista forced out by Castro-led revolution
- DEC. 31, 1999: Panama Canal turned over to Panama
- DEC. 30, 1922: USSR established
- DEC. 29, 1890: U. S. Army massacres Indians at Wounded Knee
- DEC. 28, 1895: First commercial movie screened
- DEC. 27, 1932: Radio City Music Hall opens
- DEC. 26, 1946: Bugsy Siegel opens Flamingo Hotel
- DEC. 25, 1914: The Christmas Truce
- DEC. 24, 1979: Soviet tanks roll into Afghanistan
- DEC. 23, 1888: Van Gogh chops off ear
- DEC. 22, 1956: First gorilla born in captivity
- DEC. 21, 1988: Pan Am Flight 103 explodes over Scotland
- DEC. 20, 1957: Elvis Presley is drafted
- DEC. 19, 1998: President Clinton impeached
- DEC. 18, 1620: Mayflower docks at Plymouth Harbor
- DEC. 17, 1903: First airplane files
- DEC. 16, 1773: The Boston Tea Party
- DEC. 15, 2001: Leaning Tower of Pisa reopens
- DEC. 14, 1911: Amundsen reaches South Pole
- DEC. 13, 2000: Al Gore concedes presidential election
- DEC. 12, 1980: Da Vinci notebook sells for over 5 million
- DEC. 11, 1936: Eward VIII abdicates
- DEC. 10, 1901: First Nobel Prizes awarded
- DEC. 9, 1992: U.S. Marines storm Mogadishu, Somalia
- DEC. 8, 1980: John Lennon Shot
- DEC. 7, 1941: Pearl Harbor bombed
- DEC. 6, 1884: Washington Monument completed
- DEC. 5 1945: Aircraft squadron lost in the Bermuda Triangle
- DEC. 4, 1991: Hostage Terry Anderson freed in Lebanon
- DEC. 3, 1947: A Streetcar Named Desire opens on Broadway
- DEC. 2, 2001: Enron files for bankruptcy
- DEC. 1, 1990: Chunnel makes breakthrough
