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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 - 8 views this week (2,101 total)

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• Today In History- October 25

  Cuban missile crisis: Adlai Stevenson shows photos at the UN proving Soviet missiles are installed in Cuba.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 7 views this week (683 total)

• Today In History- April 18

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 7 views this week (872 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 (1,253 total)

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• Today In History- September 14

  Francis Scott Key writes The Star-Spangled Banner.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 6 views this week (1,743 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 - 5 views this week (277 total)

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• Today In History- July 2

  The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 5 views this week (138 total)

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• Today In History- September 1

  World War II: Nazi Germany attacks Poland, beginning the war. (See Invasion of Poland.)

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 5 views this week (487 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 - 5 views this week (419 total)

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• Today In History- September 29

  William the Conqueror invades England.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 5 views this week (1,524 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 - 4 views this week (145 total)

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• Today In History- May 6

  The German zeppelin Hindenburg catches fire and is destroyed within a minute while attempting to dock at Lakehurst, New Jersey.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (311 total)

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• Today In History- February 11

  Religious Society of Friends petitions U.S. Congress for abolition of slavery.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (204 total)

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• Today In History- September 21

  Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female supreme court justice.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (1,150 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 - 4 views this week (1,511 total)

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• Today In History- May 20

  The Saturday Evening Post publishes its first cover with a Norman Rockwell painting.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 4 views this week (158 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 (912 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 - 4 views this week (924 total)

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• Today In History- August 13

  World War II: Battle of Britain begins.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (489 total)

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• Today In History- July 16

  The Atomic Age begins when the United States successfully detonates a plutonium-based test nuclear weapon.

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  Updated 19 Jul 2011 - 3 views this week (299 total)

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