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June 16 On this day, an unsuccessful Senate candidate, addressing an audience in Springfield, Ill., called for a resolution of the issue of slavery, declaring that “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” His name: Abraham Lincoln. – 1858 June 17 Revolts broke out in East Berlin against the Russian-imposed Communist government. They would be
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June 1 World War II hero Charles DeGaulle became premier of France. He created a new constitution, became president of a new Republic and restored France’s place as a major European power, 1958. June 2 Elizabeth II was crowned queen at London’s Westminster Abbey. It was the first televised coronation ceremony and was broadcast around
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May 15 U.S. astronaut Gordon Cooper flew 22 orbits around the Earth in the Atlas rocket, 1963. May 18 Congress passed the Tennessee Valley Act, establishing the Tennessee Valley Authority, a vast, government-run enterprise that would bring electric power to millions of southerners in previously undeveloped communities, 1933. May 19 In an effort to conquer
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May 16 George Wyman became the first person to travel across America in a motorized vehicle, from San Francisco to New York, 1903. The Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution began by Chairman Mao Zhedong, 1966. May 17 New York Stock Exchange was founded, 1792. Edward Jenner was born, 1749. He developed a new medical concept called
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April 16 Wilbur Wright of aeronautical fame was born, 1867. German reformer Martin Luther, 34, arrived at the Diet of Worms, where he afterward defended his “Ninety-Five Theses,” first advanced in 1517. At the Diet, Luther refused to recant his ideas ‘unless overcome by Scripture,’ 1521. Birth of Merrill C. Tenney, American N.T. scholar. In
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May 1 Construction of the first skyscraper began, 1884. “Back to the Bible” broadcast founded, 1939. May 6 First postage stamps were issued by England, 1840. German Hindenburg explodes and burns while mooring at Lakehurst, N.J., killing thirty-six people, 1937. May 8 Victory in Europe was declared during the Second World War, 1945, (VE Day).
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April 2 Ponce de Leon lands near what is now St. Augustine, Fl., 1513. April 3 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries, 1948. April 5 George Washington casts 1st presidential veto, 1792. Tupelo Mississippi virtually annihilated by a tornado, 216 die, 1936. In San Francisco, Castro & Fillmore streetcars replaced
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March 18 North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) formed, 1949. March 21 On this day, the U.S. Government closed the island prison of Alcatraz in San Francisco Bay, after 30 years as an icon of both law enforcement and gangster movies, 1963. March 23 On this day, President Ronald Reagan first proposed the Strategic Defense Initiative,
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March 3 1978, on this day, the remains of comedian Charlie Chaplin were stolen from their resting place in Cosieur-sur-Vevey, Switzerland, and held for ransom. Swill authorities recovered the body 11 days later. March 4 1933, on this day, the father of the New Deal and future wartime leader of the free world, Franklin Delano
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November 1The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first observations, 1870.Pompeii buried by Mt Vesuvius, 79.Michelangelo’s paintings on ceiling of Sistine Chapel, 1st exhibited, 1512. November 2Pioneer Daniel Boone born, 1734.British foreign secretary Arthur J. Balfour, 69, issued the Balfour Declaration, calling for “establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people.” The document’s
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January 1 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1863. Patriot Paul Revere was born, 1735. Flag maker Betsy Ross was born, 1752. January 3 Martin Luther was excommunicated, 1521. Alaska was given statehood, 1959. United States severed relations with Cuba, 1961. January 4 First State of the Union address given by President George Washington, 1790.
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December 17 First powered airplane flight, by Orville and Wilbur Wright, 1903. KYA-AM in San Francisco CA begins radio transmissions, 1926. WEAU TV channel 13 in Eau Claire WI (NBC) begins broadcasting, 1954. December 19 Charles Dickens publishes “A Christmas Carol” in England, 1843. Great Britain and China signed an accord to return Hong Kong