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• Today In History- September 10

  The U.S. defeats the British Fleet at the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 11 views this week (2,072 total)

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• Today In History- October 16

  John Brown leads raid on Harper's Ferry, West Virginia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 8 views this week (912 total)

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• Today In History- April 14

  U.S. President Abraham Lincoln is shot in Ford's Theatre by John Wilkes Booth.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 7 views this week (951 total)

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• Today In History- October 21

  In the United States, a five month strike by United Mine Workers ends.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 6 views this week (1,497 total)

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• Today In History- October 22

  Vietnam War: First United States casualties in Vietnam.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 6 views this week (1,237 total)

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• Today In History- September 5

  First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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  Updated 07 Feb 2012 - 4 views this week (441 total)

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• Today In History- October 24

  "Black Thursday" stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (902 total)

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• Today In History- October 14

  Nazi Germany withdraws from The League of Nations.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (658 total)

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• Today In History- October 8

  1871-Great Chicago Fire 1871, 1970- Nixon Vietnam peace proposal rejected

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (787 total)

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• Today In History- April 2

  U.S. President Woodrow Wilson asks the U.S. Congress for a declaration of war on Germany.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (141 total)

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• Today In History- September 11

  The Beginning of the Annapolis Convention.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (388 total)

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• Today In History- August 8

  The United Nations Charter is signed by the United States, which becomes the third nation to join.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (188 total)

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• Today In History- August 30

  Thurgood Marshall is confirmed as the first African American Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (393 total)

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• Today In History- March 24

  The United Kingdom imposes "Direct Rule" over Northern Ireland.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (140 total)

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• Today In History- February 9

  McCarthy accuses State Department of communist infiltration.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (271 total)

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• Today In History- September 2

  The Great Fire of London breaks out and burns for three days, destroying 10,000 buildings including St. Paul's Cathedral.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (405 total)

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• Today In History- October 17

  General Charles Cornwallis offers his surrender to the American revolutionists at Yorktown, Virginia.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (335 total)

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• Today In History- October 3

  First successful launch of a V-2 /A4-rocket from Test Stand VII at Peenemünde, Germany: the first man-made object to reach space.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (242 total)

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• Today In History- August 24

  The Panic of 1857 begins, setting off one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (409 total)

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• Today In History- January 8

  Wilson announces his Fourteen Points

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (267 total)

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