Day
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On this day in...
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Answer
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1
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1865, President Lincoln signs into law this amendment banning involuntary servitude
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13th
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2
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1848, this treaty ends the Mexican-American War
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Guadalupe Hidalgo
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3
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1959, named coined for the day Buddy Holly, Richie Valens and "The Big Bopper" die in a tragic plane crash
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The Day the Music Died
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4
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1945, the Yalta Conference begins on this peninsula
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Crimea
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5
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1958, an H-Bomb is lost off the coast of this Georgia city
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Savannah
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6
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1958, members of Manchester United and journalists are killed in plane crash here
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Munich
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7
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1962, U.S.A. ends trade with this island country
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Cuba
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8
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1915, this controversial film by D.W. Griffiths premieres
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The Birth of a Nation
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9
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1773, this future US president, who went on to serve the shortest term, is born
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William Henry Harrison
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10
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1763, the French and Indian War ends and this province is ceded to Great Britain
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Quebec
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11
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2011, this president of Egypt is ousted by revolution
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Hosni Mubarak
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12
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1963, construction begins on the Gateway Arch in this city
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St. Louis
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13
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1633, this famous astronomer arrives in Rome for his trial
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Galileo Galilei
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14
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1779, this British explorer famous for exploring Newfoundland and the Pacific is killed in Hawaii
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James Cook
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15
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1992, this Milwaukee serial killer is sentenced to life in prison
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Jeffrey Dahmer
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16
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1933, this period of sobriety comes to a close in America
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Prohibition
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17
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2008, this country officially separates from Serbia
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Kosovo
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18
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1885, this author publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Mark Twain
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19
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1985, William Schroeder becomes the first to recieve an artificial of this organ and leave hospital
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Heart
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20
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1991, a memorial statue of Enver Hoxha is destroyed in this country
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Albania
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21
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1848, Engels and Marx publish this
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The Communist Manifesto
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22
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1819, the U.S. recieves this from Spain
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Florida
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23
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1945, a famous photograph of Americans raising a flag on this island is taken
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Iwo Jima
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24
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1868, he becomes the first president to be impeached
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Andrew Johnson
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25
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1991, this organization, created to oppose NATO, disbands
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Warsaw Pact
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26
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1815, Napoleon escapes from this island
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Elba
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27
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1933, this German parliament building burns, solidifying Nazi power
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Reichstag
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28
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1784, John Wesley charters this sect of the Christian church
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Methodist
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