June 16th, 1858In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his U.S Senate bid with the warning about America's split over slavery , arguing the issue must be resolved. Lincoln says a house divided against itself cannot stand. Three years later, the Civil W

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June 7th, 1998In Jasper, Texas, three white men chain a black man James Byrd, Junior to a pickup truck, then drag him to his death. Two of the men who dragged Byrd are later sentenced to death for the crime. The third receives life in prison. 1948,Th

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May 21st, 1927He made it. Charles Lindbergh, Lucky Lindy they call him. Aviator Charles Lindbergh completes the first nonstop solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He lands near Paris in the Spirit of St.Louis some 33 hours after taking off from New

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May 5th,1961 -Alan Shepard becomes Americas first space traveler blasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Three, Two, One, Zero. Ignition. Shepard makes 15-minute suborbital flight on board his Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom Seven. 1821 -Frances fo

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March 18th, 1965 - Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922 -

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January 31st, 1958America enters the space age, successfully launching its first satellite into orbit Explorer I. It happens just months after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the very first satellite into orbit. 2001A Libyan intelligence officer i

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August 11th, 1965In Los Angeles, 6 days of deadly rioting and looting erupt in the predominantly black section of Watts. 34 people are killed, more than a thousand others are injured and hundreds of buildings are devastated before order is restored.

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June 16th, 1858In Illinois, Abraham Lincoln launches his US Senate bid with a warning about America's split over slavery, arguing the issue must be resolved. Lincoln says a house divided against itself cannot stand. Three years later, the Civil War b

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June 7th, 1998In Jasper, Texas, three white men chain a black man James Byrd, Junior to a pickup truck, then drag him to his death. Two of the men who dragged Byrd are later sentenced to death for the crime. The third receives life in prison. 1948The

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May 5th, 1961Alan Shepard becomes Americas first space travelerblasting off from Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3, 2, 1, 0, ignition. Shepard makes a 15-minute suborbital flight on boardhis Mercury capsule dubbed Freedom 7. 1821Frances former ruler Napol

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January 31st 1958America enters the Space Age, successfully launching its first satellite into orbit Explorer One. It happens just months after the Soviet Union launches Sputnik, the very first satellite into orbit. 2001 Libyan Intelligence officer i

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A Bloody Sunday for Americas civil rights movement in Selma, Alabama, thats where state troopers and a sheriffs posse attack civil rights marchers pushing to register black voters. The violence leads to two more high-profile marches and later the pas

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March 18th, 1965. Aleksei Leonov becomes the first person to walk in space. The cosmonaut from whats then the Soviet Union leaves his Voskhod 2 capsule secured by a tether. Astronaut Ed White makes the first American space walk months later. 1922. In

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March 13th,1852Uncle Sam, the iconic symbol of the United States debuts as a cartoon character in the New York newspaper. 1925, in Tennessee, a law that prohibits the teaching of the theory of evolution takes effect. Months later the law is challenge

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March 10th, 1876 In Boston, Alexander Graham Bell successfully tests his inventionthe telephone. Bell's assistant hears him say through the device, Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.1969In Memphis, Tennessee, James Earl Ray pleads guilty to as

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March 24th, 1999NATO launches US-led airstrikes against Yugoslavia over the Kosovo crisis. President Bill Clinton tells the American people, We have acted with resolve for several reasons. We act to protect thousands of innocent people in Kosovo from

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Feb 14th, 1929The St. Valentine's Day Massacre takes place in Chicago. Thats where 7 rivals of gangster Al Capone are gunned down in a garage during prohibition . 1989Iran's leader Ayatollah Khomeini calls on Muslims to kill author Salman Rushdie. Kh

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April 8th, 2005. At the Vatican, world leaders join pilgrims in Roman Catholic clergy in St. Peter Square for the funeral of Pope John Paul II. 1973. Pablo Picasso, one of the greatest artists of the 20th century dies at his home in France at age 91.

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June 7th, 1998In Jasper, Texas, three white men chain a black man James Byrd, Junior to a pickup truck, then drag him to his death. Two of the men who dragged Byrd are later sentenced to death for the crime. The third receives life in prison. 1948,Th

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June 26th, 1963During the Cold War, President John F. Kennedy visits what's then West Berlin, showing solidarity with its citizens against communism. As a free man, I take pride in the words Ich bin ein Berliner. The visit takes place exactly fifteen

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