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Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Thanksgiving
The first American Thanksgiving was held in Massachusetts' Plymouth colony in 1621 to give thanks for a bountiful harvest. Fifty Pilgrims served codfish, sea bass and turkeys while their 90 Indian guests contributed venison to the feast. The next …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
The Kennedy Assassination
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, had been in office two years, 10 months and two days on November 22, 1963, when an assassin's bullet ended his life in Dallas, Texas. Kennedy, on …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Julia Ward Howe & The Battle Hymn of the Republic
On November 18, 1861, poet and abolitionist Julia Ward Howe accompanied her husband, Dr. Samuel Howe, to Fort Griffin, Virginia to review Union troops defending the capital. The ceremony was …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Harold 'Red' Grange
Three-time All-American Harold 'Red' Grange played his last football game for the University of Illinois on November 21, 1925, and joined the Chicago Bears less than a week later on Thanksgiving Day. Grange was the most glamorous …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
1903 Panama Canal Treaty Signed
On November 18, 1903, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was signed, granting the United States a strip of land across the Isthmus of Panama and the right to build and fortify the Panama Canal. Building an interoceanic …
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Gettysburg Address President Abraham Lincoln was asked to deliver a few 'appropriate remarks' to the crowd at the dedication of the Civil War cemetery at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on November 19, 1863. Lincoln's address was almost ignored in the wake of …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Labor Leader Samuel Gompers
On November 17, 1881, under Samuel Gompers, the Federation of Organized Trades and Labor Union of the United States was formed–a precursor to the American Federation of Labor. Gompers emigrated from England to New York with …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Adah Isaacs Menken
Adah Isaacs Menken, a Jewish poet and actress, shocked American and European audiences in the 1860s for her bold acting style. She became notorious for her role in the play Mazeppa, where she appeared on stage …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Currier and Ives
Currier and Ives lithographs, manufactured in New York from 1834 to 1888, form a sweeping pictorial record of mid-19th century America. When he first opened his shop, Nathaniel Currier had just finished an apprenticeship in lithography, an …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Nellie Bly's Trip Around the World
Nellie Bly, the pen name of journalist Elizabeth Cochran, sailed from New York on November 14, 1889, to begin her record-breaking 24,899-mile trip around the world–a journey that would end on January 25, 1890. …
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TheVietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated on November 13, 1982, after the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund had chosen Maya Ying Lin's design. Lin was an architecture student at Yale University when she submitted her proposal for the memorial, to be built …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Baseball's First Commissioner
On November 12, 1920, Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis, pictured here throwing out the first ball, became the first commissioner of baseball, a position he held until his death in 1944. Replacing the powerless three-man National Baseball Commission, …
Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
World War I Recruiting Poster This World War I U.S. Navy recruiting poster was created by by artist Howard Chandler Christy in 1917.
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Published: June 12, 2006 at 8:03 pm
Harry Houdini Weds Legendary magician and escape artist Harry Houdini married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894. When they met, he was a virtually unknown magician and she was performing as one of the Floral Sisters at the Sea …
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President Lincoln at Antietam President Lincoln stands between Allan Pinkerton and Major General John A. McClernand in Antietam, Maryland in October 1862.
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World War II Destruction A German woman — carrying a few possessions — runs from burning building in Seigburg, Germany during World War II. (1945)
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