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Benedict Arnold's Most Famous Act – 9/21/1780

The Bombing of the USS Indianapolis – 7/30/1945

Oprah's Book Club - 9/17/1996

United States – Russia Détente Ends – 1/2/1980

Ottoman Empire Forms An Alliance With Germany - 11/14/1...

Jack the Ripper Makes Himself Known - 8/31/1888

Larry King Ends His Popular Show After 25 Years On CNN ...

Teens Discover Ancient Cave Art - 9/12/1940

Babe Ruth Sets Yet Another Record – 10/6/1926

Althea Gibson Becomes The First African-American On The...

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Pope Acknowledges Knights Templar – 1/13/1128

Hugh Mercer Dies After Battle of Princeton – 1/12/1777

The Grand Canyon Becomes A National Monument – 1/11/190...

William Seward Named Secretary of State – 1/10/1861

Columbus Mistakes Manatees For Mermaids – 1/9/1493

The Blizzard of 1996 Begins – 1/6/1996

Construction Starts On The Golden Gate Bridge – 1/5/193...

The God That Failed Is Published - 1/4/1950

Noriega Surrenders To The United States – 1/3/1990

United States – Russia Détente Ends – 1/2/1980

Adolf Hitler Commits suicide – 12/30/1945

World War II Monument Opens In Washington D.C. – 12/29/...

Colonel McIntosh Corresponds With Washington – 12/28/17...

Kepler Declares When The Universe Was Born – 12/27/4977

Trials Begin For Polio Vaccine – 12/26/1954

Plane Completes The Circumnavigation of Earth Without R...

Children of Two Different Presidents Tie The Knot – 12/...

The Explosion of Pan Am Flight 103 Over Scotland – 12/2...

The Song “Funky Drummer” Is Recorded – 12/20/1969

American Crisis Is Published By Thomas Paine – 12/19/17...

Larry King Ends His Popular Show After 25 Years On CNN ...

The Famous Leaning Tower of Pisa Reopens - 12/15/2001

Roald Amundsen Reaches The South Pole – 12/14/1911

Seattle’s Hat ‘n’ Boots Finds A New Home – 12/13/2003

Da Vinci Notebook Sells For Over $5 Million – 12/12/198...

Prince Charles And Princess Diana Announce Their Separa...

Mary Queen of Scots Is Born – 12/8/1542

Earthquakes Cause Havoc In Armenia – 12/7/1988

The Washington Monument Completed – 12/6/1884

Aircraft Squadron Goes Missing In The Bermuda Triangle ...

Napoleon Proclaimed First Emperor of France – 12/2/1804

Antarctica Treaty Signed By The U.N – 12/1/1959

The First Female Serial Killer In America Strikes – 11/...

Partition of Palestine Is Voted For By The U.N. – 11/29...

Silas Deane Replaced By John Adams – 11/28/1777

Extreme Storm Hits Eastern United States - 11/25/1950

A Hijacker Parachutes Into Thunderstorm With $200,000 -...

The Infamous Billy The Kid Is Born – 11/23/1859

Commuter Trains Crash In New York City – 11/22/1950

Judah Benjamin Named Confederate Secretary of War – 11/...

Expert Sentenced For Smuggling Parrots – 11/18/1996

The Age of Elizabeth Begins – 11/17/1558

First Harry Potter Movie Makes Its Big-Screen Debut - 1...

Commander "Desert Fox" Is Born - 11/15/1891

Ottoman Empire Forms An Alliance With Germany - 11/14/1...

Cherry Valley Massacre – 11/11/1778

The Hanging of Henry Wirz – 11/10/1865

Nazi’s Give Birth To Kristallnacht – 11/9/1938

Wilhelm Rontgen Discovers X-Rays - 11/8/1895

Magic Johnson Announces He Is HIV-Positive – 11/7/1991

Apartheid Is Condemned By The U.N. – 11/6/1962

George Foreman: Oldest Heavyweight Champ – 11/5/1994

Abraham Lincoln Gets Married To Mary Ann Todd – 11/4/18...

Detroit-Windsor Tunnel Officially Open To The Public – ...

Reagan Declares Third Monday of January As MLK Day – 11...

The Battle of Coronel – 11/1/1914

U.S. Independence Declared, British King Finally Speaks...

Muhammad Ali Regains The Championship Title Once Again ...

Famous Guitarist Dies – 10/29/1971

The Great Arch Is Finally Completed – 10/28/1965

Prison Population Exceeds One Million In The U.S. - 10/...

The OK Corral Shootout – 10/26/1881

Woman Kills Her Two Children Because of Her Lover - 10/...

The First Barrel Ride Down Niagara Falls – 10/24/1901

Rebels Hold People Hostage in Moscow Theater – 10/23/20...

The Birth Date of the Pianist Composer Franz Liszt – 10...

Germany Calls Off Unrestricted Submarine Warfare – 10/2...

U.S. Forces Return To Leyte Island In The Philippines -...

American Victory At Yorktown – 10/19/1781

The Scalding of Al Green – 10/18/1974

Capone Goes Down – 10/17/1767

A Baby Trapped For Three Days Under The Earth Was Rescu...

Young Gerald Ford Ties The Knot With Elizabeth Bloomer ...

“Grandsire of Gasoline Cars” Is Born - 10/14/1857

The Neoclassical White House Cornerstone Is Laid – 10/1...

Incidence of Violence On Board U.S. Navy Ship – 10/12/1...

Nobel Prize Awarded To Jimmy Carter – 10/11/2002

Anniversary of The Passing of Superman Legend Christoph...

Landslide In Italy Takes Thousands of Lives – 10/9/1963

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