November 6th, 1860Abraham Lincoln, former Illinois congressman who opposes slavery wins a four-way race for president. After his victory, southern states begin to secede from the Union. The American Civil War breaks out the following year. 1854John P
November 4th, 1979Start of the Iranian hostage crisis as militants storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and seize its occupants . For many of the dozens of hostages, it is the start of 444 days of captivity, a saga that grips America. 1995Hopes for Middl
September 12th, 2001It's the day after the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington that killed thousands of Americans. In New York, stunned rescue workers search for bodies in the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. And in Washington, Pres
November 2nd 1948President Henry Truman confounds the political pundits in the race for the White House, Senator Barkley and I will win this election and make these Republicans like it, don't you forget that. as the incumbent Democrat narrowly defeat
November 1st, 1765The Stamp Act takes effect, as Britain imposes a tax on its American colonists. They respond with stiff resistance and Britain later repeals the Act. But the episode sets the stage for the American Revolution a decade later. 1952,Th
October 31st, 1517In Germany, the start of the Protestant Reformation, as the priest Martin Luther takes a stand. He posts the 95 Theses on the door of Wittenberg Palace Church, questioning Catholic Church practices. 1968,President Lyndon B. Johnson
And they died in Birmingham. September 15th, 1963, in Birmingham Alabama, a tragedy that galvanizes the Americas Civil Rights Movement. 4 black girls are killed when a bomb explodes during Sunday services at the 16 street Baptist Church. 3 Ku Klux Kl
October 30th, 1938A fictional invasion by Martians on the radio spooks Americans on Halloween Eve. As the live dramathe War of the Worlds starring Orson Welles airs on CBS, the play's fake news reports panic some listeners who think the Martian invas
September 3rd, 1939, 2 days after Adolf Hitlers forces invade Poland, Britain and France declare war on Nazi Germany. British Prime Minister, Neville Chamberlain, whose policy of appeasing Hitler was meant to prevent what becomes World War II. Yet I
October 28th, 1886The Statue of Liberty, a gift from the people of France to the United States is dedicated in New York Harbor. 1922Fascism comes to Italy as Benito Mussolini takes control of the government in the capital Rome. 1962The Cuban Missile
October 27th, 1787, in New York City, a newspaper publishes the first of the Federalist Papers. The series of essays by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay urges ratification of the U.S. Constitution. The following year, the constitution b
October 26th 2001In Washington, President George W. Bush signs the USA Patriot Act more than a month after the 9/11 attacks. The Act gives federal authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible te
October 25th, 1962In New York, the Cuban Missile Crisis takes center stage at the United Nations Security Council. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson presents photographic evidence of Soviet missile bases in Cuba. Stevenson challenges Soviet Ambassador Valer
December 6th, 1889Jefferson Davis, the first and only, President of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War, dies in New Orleans. Davis spent two years in prison after the war and was indicted for treason, but never faced trial. 1969,V
December 7th, 1941 - a date which will live in infamy- the United States of America was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the Empire of Japan. All of a sudden, seaplanes were dropping bombs in the distance and then of cour
December 9th, 1992Britains Prince Charles and Princess Diana announce their separating. It happens more than a decade after their widely watched wedding that seemed like something out of a fairy tale . Divorce becomes final for the royal couple nearl
December 10th, 1964Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Junior accepts his Nobel Peace Prize in Norways capital Oslo. The clergyman and activist is honored for his non-violent campaign to end legal segregation of African Americans in the South. I s
December 11, 1936Britains King Edward the VIII becomes the first and only monarch to voluntarily give up his countrys throne . Edward abdicates in order to marry an American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson and he takes the title of the Duke of Winds
December 12th, 2000More than a month after the votes cast, Americans finally know who their next president will be. Republican George W. Bush becomes president elect after the divided U. S. Supreme Court effectively halts recount in Florida contest p
December 14th 1799, George Washington, the Revolutionary War general who became Americas first president dies at his Mount Vernon estate in Virginia at age 67. 1911, Norwegian explorer, Roald Amundsen and his group become the first men to reach the S
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