| 2024-05-18 |
First Ascent of Lhotse (1956) |
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| 2024-05-17 |
The First Kentucky Derby (1875) |
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| 2024-05-16 |
16 May 1877 Crisis (1877) |
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| 2024-05-15 |
US Supreme Court Declares Standard Oil an "Unreasonable" Monopoly (1911) |
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| 2024-05-14 |
Jamestown, Virginia, Founded (1607) |
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| 2024-05-13 |
Lei Áurea: Slavery Abolished in Brazil (1888) |
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| 2024-05-12 |
North American Aerospace Defense Command Founded (1958) |
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| 2024-05-11 |
Siam Is Renamed Thailand (1949) |
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| 2024-05-10 |
Nelson Mandela Inaugurated as South Africa's First Black President (1994) |
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| 2024-05-09 |
Freighter Destroys Part of Florida's Sunshine Skyway Bridge (1980) |
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| 2024-05-08 |
Soviet Union Announces Boycott of Summer Olympics (1984) |
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| 2024-05-07 |
World War II: Germany Signs Unconditional Surrender (1945) |
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| 2024-05-06 |
Phoenix Park Murders in Dublin, Ireland (1882) |
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| 2024-05-05 |
Grand Opening of New York City's Carnegie Hall (1891) |
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| 2024-05-04 |
The May Fourth Movement (1919) |
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| 2024-05-03 |
Nellie Tayloe Ross Becomes First Woman to Head US Mint (1933) |
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| 2024-05-02 |
Dos de Mayo Uprising (1808) |
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| 2024-05-01 |
Founding of the Illuminati (1776) |
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| 2024-04-30 |
The Fall of Saigon (1975) |
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| 2024-04-29 |
WWII: Operation Manna Begins (1945) |
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| 2024-04-28 |
Assassination of Conrad of Montferrat, King of Jerusalem (1192) |
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| 2024-04-27 |
Sierra Leone Granted Independence from the UK (1961) |
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| 2024-04-26 |
Tanganyika and Zanzibar Merge to Form Tanzania (1964) |
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| 2024-04-25 |
La Marseillaise, French National Anthem, Is Composed (1792) |
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| 2024-04-24 |
Hubble Space Telescope Launched (1990) |
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| 2024-04-23 |
The Battle of Clontarf (1014) |
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| 2024-04-22 |
First Earth Day Celebrated (1970) |
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| 2024-04-21 |
Brazilian Patriot Tiradentes Hanged, Drawn, and Quartered (1792) |
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| 2024-04-20 |
The Columbine High School Massacre (1999) |
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| 2024-04-19 |
The Battles of Lexington and Concord (1775) |
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| 2024-04-18 |
Construction of St. Peter's Basilica Begins (1506) |
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| 2024-04-17 |
Ill-Fated Apollo 13 Spacecraft Returns to Earth Safely (1970) |
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| 2024-04-16 |
Tensions between US and USSR First Described as "Cold War" (1947) |
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| 2024-04-15 |
The Hillsborough Disaster (1989) |
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| 2024-04-14 |
Donner Party Sets Out on Ill-Fated Journey from Illinois to California (1846) |
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| 2024-04-13 |
George Frideric Handel's Oratorio Messiah Debuts (1742) |
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| 2024-04-12 |
Euro Disney Resort, Now Disneyland Paris, Opens (1992) |
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| 2024-04-11 |
Palm Sunday Tornado Outbreak (1965) |
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| 2024-04-10 |
First Arbor Day Celebrated (1872) |
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| 2024-04-09 |
NASA Announces the "Mercury Seven" (1959) |
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| 2024-04-08 |
Entente Cordiale Signed by France and UK (1904) |
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| 2024-04-07 |
Japanese Battleship Yamato Sunk (1945) |
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| 2024-04-06 |
US Planes Embark on First Successful Aerial Circumnavigation Attempt (1924) |
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| 2024-04-05 |
Pocahontas Marries English Colonist John Rolfe (1614) |
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| 2024-04-04 |
Susanna M. Salter, First Female US Mayor, Elected (1887) |
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| 2024-04-03 |
Unabomber Arrested (1996) |
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| 2024-04-02 |
CN Tower Becomes World's Tallest Free-Standing Structure (1975) |
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| 2024-04-01 |
Project Tiger Launched (1973) |
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| 2024-03-31 |
The Alhambra Decree Is Issued (1492) |
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| 2024-03-30 |
Hymen Lipman Patents Pencil with Attached Eraser (1858) |
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| 2024-03-29 |
Gustav III of Sweden Dies of Infected Gunshot Wound (1792) |
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| 2024-03-28 |
Constantinople Becomes Istanbul (1930) |
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| 2024-03-27 |
The Tenerife Disaster (1977) |
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| 2024-03-26 |
Heaven's Gate Cult Members Found Dead (1997) |
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| 2024-03-25 |
John Lennon and Yoko Ono Hold Their First Bed-In for Peace (1969) |
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