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Historical Events
Historical Events
Jan 07
Galileo’s Discovery
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Jan 07
Pol Pot overthrown & end of Khmer Rouge
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Jan 14
Old New Year’s Day
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Jan 14
Ratification Day
Historical Events
Jan 22
First Person Hit by Space Debris
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Jan 25
First Olympic Winter Games
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Jan 26
Invention of the Dental Drill
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Jan 27
International
Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Feb 05
The End of the Punic Wars
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Feb 06
Waitangi Day
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Feb 09
Daylight Saving Time Instituted
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Feb 15
Cinderella opened in theaters
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Feb 16
King Tut’s tomb discovered
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Feb 16
First 9-1-1 call in U.S.
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Feb 19
National
Iwo Jima Day
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Feb 20
First American to orbit Earth
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Feb 26
Grand Canyon made a national park
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Feb 28
Double-helix DNA discovered
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Mar 01
Yellowstone first US national park
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Mar 04
First cases reported in deadly 1918 flu pandemic
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Mar 05
The Boston Massacre
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Mar 06
Alamo Day
American History
Mar 06
The Battle of The Alamo ended
Historical Events
Mar 11
COVID-19 was declared a global pandemic
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Mar 17
Evacuation Day in Boston
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Mar 22
Stamp Act imposed on American colonies
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Mar 23
‘OK’ enters national vernacular
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Mar 27
Japanese cherry trees planted near Jefferson Memorial
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Mar 27
Doctor announces polio vaccine
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Mar 28
Spanish Civil War ends
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Mar 29
U.S. space probe visits Mercury
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Mar 29
Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
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Apr 03
Pharaohs’ Golden Parade
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Apr 06
First successful around-the-world flight begins
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Apr 13
First nonstop flight from Europe to North America
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Apr 14
Abraham Lincoln was shot
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Apr 15
Titanic Remembrance Day
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Apr 17
Apollo 13 returns to Earth
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Apr 19
American Revolution begins at Battle of Lexington
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Apr 26
International
Chernobyl Remembrance Day
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May 02
Loch Ness “Monster” sighted for the first time
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May 06
English Channel tunnel opens
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May 07
Marine biologist coins “microplastics”
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May 07
Beethoven debuts Symphony No. 9 after hearing loss
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May 08
V-E Day (Victory in Europe)
Historical Events
May 14
Lewis and Clark depart to explore the Northwest
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May 15
Ayrton Senna’s legendary lap at Monaco Grand Prix
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May 18
Mount St. Helens erupts
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May 22
First wagon departs on the Oregon Trail
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May 24
Brooklyn Bridge opens
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May 27
St. Petersburg founded
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May 29
International
Everest Day
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Jun 06
D-Day
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Jun 10
First Salem witch trial & sentence
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Jun 16
Soviet Valentina Tereshkova becomes first woman in space
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Jun 16
First roller coaster in America opens
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Jun 18
War of 1812 begins
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Jun 20
“Jaws” released in theaters
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Jun 25
Battle of the Little Bighorn
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Jun 30
Daredevil crosses Niagara Falls on tightrope
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Jul 14
Bastille Day
Historical Events
Jul 17
Apollo 13 returns to Earth
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Jul 24
Pioneer Day
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Aug 02
Delegates sign Declaration of Independence
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Aug 03
Columbus sets sail in 1492
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Aug 03
Nautilus submarine travels under North Pole
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Aug 10
Queen Cleopatra dies in 30 BC
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Aug 12
Largest T-Rex “Sue” discovered
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Aug 13
Berlin is divided
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Aug 18
Solidarity Day in Chile
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Aug 19
First Race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 1909
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Aug 21
Hawaii Becomes the 50th State
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Aug 23
U.S. Wins First American Cup
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Aug 24
Mount Vesuvius Erupts
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Aug 24
Mount Vesuvius Erupts
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Sep 02
National
V-J Day (Japan surrenders and brings an end to WWII)
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Sep 06
Unification Day in Bulgaria
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Sep 07
Brazil’s Independence Day
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Sep 07
Brazil’s Independence Day
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Sep 12
Lascaux Cave Paintings Discovered
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Sep 15
Muhammad Ali Wins World Championship
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Sep 16
Mexican Indepenence Day
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Sep 17
Constitution Day
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Sep 18
Chile’s Independence Day
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Sep 19
New Zealand Becomes First Country to Grant Women the Right to Vote
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Oct 19
Americans Defeat the British at Yorktown
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Oct 21
Trafalgar Day
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Oct 23
Disney Releases “Dumbo” in 1941
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Oct 24
Woman Survives a Plunge Over Niagara Falls Inside a Barrel in 1901
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Oct 27
New York City Subway Opens
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Nov 22
President Kennedy is Assassinated
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Nov 25
Statehood Day in Bosnia and Herzegovina
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Nov 26
First Polaroid Camera is Sold
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Dec 16
The Boston Tea Party