1810: Catholic priest Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla called on his parishioners to…
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1940: The tide turned in the Battle of Britain in World War II, as the Royal…
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1847: During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott…
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1788: The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election…
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1857: The S.S. Central America (also known as the “Ship of Gold”) sank off the…
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later renamed the Hoover Dam — began operation as President Franklin D.…
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1608: John Smith was elected president of the Jamestown colony council in…
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1776: The second Continental Congress formally adopted the name “United States…
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1565: A Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement…
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1921: The first Miss America Pageant was held in Atlantic City, New Jersey.…
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1901: President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist…
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1774: The first Continental Congress assembled in Philadelphia.
1836: Sam…
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1944: During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.
1949:…
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1783: Representatives of the United States and Britain signed the Treaty of…
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1666: The Great Fire of London began, which would destroy more than 13,000…
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1715: Following a reign of 72 years, King Louis XIV of France died four days…
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1886: An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of up to 7.3 devastated…
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1916: On his fourth attempt, explorer Ernest Shackelton successfully returned…
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1814: During the War of 1812, Alexandria, Virginia, formally surrendered to…
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1862: The Second Battle of Bull Run began in Prince William County, Virginia,…
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1883: The island volcano Krakatoa erupted with a series of cataclysmic…
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1939: The first televised major league baseball games were broadcast on…
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1875: Matthew Webb became the first person to swim across the English Channel,…
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1814: During the War of 1812, British forces invaded Washington, D.C., setting…
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1305: Scottish rebel leader Sir William Wallace was executed by the English for…
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1791: The Haitian Revolution began as enslaved people of Saint-Domingue rose up…
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1831: Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in…
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1858: Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution was first published, in the “Journal…
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1812: The USS Constitution defeated the British frigate HMS Guerriere off Nova…
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1590: John White, the governor of the Roanoke Island colony (in present-day…