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January 7th, 1789, the United States holds its first presidential election more than a decade after the Declaration of Independence. Americans vote for electors, who a month later, choose George Washington to be the nations first president. 1999, in
Tonight on Frontline. The average American family has eight (0% for life on transfer balances. ) credit cards. Plastic money have become both a necessity and a ticket to a better life. (Hawaii, yeah! ) A credit card is an extraordinary, unbelievably
According to McKinley, the key to understanding how credit cards are marketed lies in the great digital revolution, the amassing of data on American consumers. Well, there is a gold mine of information residing out there in these databases by the co
THE MAKING OF A NATION - American History: A Friendship Helps Guide World War 2 Diplomacy STEVE EMBER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American history in VOA Special English. Im Steve Ember. (MUSIC) History is full of examples of leaders joining t
Yesterday you lay awake on your bed, And worked out you'd done everything that you said, That you knew therefore you'd got to be saved, The lord of the bored and a slave to her wage It's a mystery Oh, it's a mystery You want some history Oh it's a my
Britain and France were at war, and the British wanted the U.S. to stop trading with the French. The American president had to decide what to do. Transcript of radio broadcast: 09 July 2008 ANNOUNCER: Welcome to THE MAKING OF A NATION American histo
Black History Illuminated by Tracing Lives of Former Slaves Arlington National Cemetery is just outside Washington, D.C. Before it became America's most prestigious military cemetery, it was a thriving community of slaves and then former slaves. Here
February 10th 1962 A high-profile exchange of prisoners between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. The Soviet Union releases Francis GaryPowers - an American U-2 pilot shot down while on a reconnaissance flight over its territory. In return t
June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have
September 9th, 1971Inmates seize control of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. After a four-day siege, police and guards storm the maximum security prison near Buffalo. The ordeal leaves 32 inmates and 11 prison employees dead with
July 3rd, 1863. In Pennsylvania, the battle of Gettysburg ends during Americas Civil War. Union forces win a major victory as Confederate forces retreat after 3 days of fighting the worlds bloodiest. 1775. A key moment during the American Revolution:
June 13th, 1971The New York Times begins publishing the Pentagon Papers, a leaked, top-secret study of America's involvement in Vietnam. President Richard Nixon's administration tries to block further publication in court, citing national security. D
You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else. January 26th 1998. President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told
June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have
June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have
You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else.January 26th 1998. President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told a
February 10th1962 A high profile exchange of prisoners between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War. The Soviet Union releases Frances Gary Powers, an American U-2 pilot shot down while on a reconnaissance flight over its territory. In return, t
June 6th, 1944. Allied forces storm the beaches of Normandie, France, in the D-Day invasion of WWII. Commanding the massive operation General Dwight Eisenhower who tells the troops: You are about to embark upon the great crusade towards which we have
You have to find the answer to that riddle somewhere else.January 26th 1998. President Bill Clinton denies having an affair with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky. I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. I never told a
September 9th, 1971Inmates seize control of the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York. After a four-day siege, police and guard storm the maximum security prison near Buffalo. The ordeal leads 32 inmates and 11 prison employees dead with h