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The Great Plague, lasting from 1665 to 1666, was the last major epidemic of the bubonic plague to occur in England. This plague killed about 75,000.
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An earthquake in Lisbon, Portugal creates a tsunami which kills around 60,000 people and causes a mass of damage which took years to rebuild.
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The American Revolutionary War was a war between the American colonists and Great Britain. The war ended in an American victory with about 20,000 losses on both sides. It is suspected though that these numbers could have been higher due to fatal diseases spread to wounded soldiers.
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The War of 1812 was a war against America and Great Britain. After losing the American revolution, the British sought for revenge, but evidently failed leading to an American victory
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The First Gold rush was in California and brought in lots of money. People across the country participated
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About 7,000 people die in a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans
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Violence breaks out between abolitionists and proslavery Americans in Kansas
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Civil War ends as the bloodiest American war in history and still is to this day
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Reconstruction begins under President Andrew Johnson
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Karl Marx publishes the first volum of Das Kapital
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Panama Canal was a massive US led project to build a canal in Panama to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans for shorter travel times.
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The US Supreme Court declares Standard Oil a monopoly and orders John Rockefeller to dissolve the corporation
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In 1928 Amelia Earhart become the first woman to complete a trans-Atlantic flight
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The stock market crashes leading to a massive economical depression across the United States
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A statutory minimum wage is enforced in the United States for the first time
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Japan agrees to an unconditional surrender on August 15, ending World War 2
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Jackie Robinson becomes first African American baseball player
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North American and European countries from the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with the goal of preserving peace
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Jonas Salk's polio vaccine is introduced to the American public
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The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1, an unmanned satellite, initiating the space race
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Martin Luther Kind Jr. organizes the march on Washington and delivers his 'I Have a Dream' speech
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A wall is built between East and West Germany. Democracy in the east and communism in the west.
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First ever day Earth day is held on April 22
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Jimmy Carter is elected president
