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in the year 1000 , ericson left his home in greenland and crossed the atlantic ocean. he founded north america.
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on september 20 1519 ferdinand magellan a sea captain left from the country of spain. three years later one of his ships returned to spain , it was the first timr a ship had sailed around the world.
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he searched for a land call eldorado land of gold.
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he was a signer of the declaration of independence
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on september 18 1793 the first president of the united states george washington laid the cornerstone of the capitol building
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on september 10, 1813 during the war of 1812 captain oliver perry did something that that no other person had done before . he defeated the british navy
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on september 14 1614 the star spangled banner the national anthem of the united states was written by francis scott key
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john brown was an abolitionists. he captured a federal arsenal at harpers ferry virginia . brown said the purpose of his raid was to free all negroes in this state .
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three con federate soldiers hid some treasure and til this day it has not been found.
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on september 19 1881 the 29th president of the united states died ..
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jesse james became a bank robber. He stole from the rich and gave to the needy. ON APRIL 3,1882 JESSE JAMES WAS SHOT BY A MAN NAMED BOB FORD.
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elenor married her cousin , franklin roosevelt . he became the president of the united states . eleanor was one of the most active first ladies .
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on september 4,1888 gearge eastman received a patent for the first roll film camera
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in 1889 jane addams opened hull house . it was the first settlement house in america .
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on september7,1892 , in new orleans louisianna the first heavyweight title fight under the queensbury rules was fought .
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on september 21 1893 the first american made gasoline powered automobile was taken on a test drive . it went down spruce street in springfield massachusetts.
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o0n september 17 1908 the first death caused by an airplane crash at fort myer virginia . the victim of the crash was thomas selfridge a lieutenant in the us signal corps
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william sydney porter went on to become a famous short story writer . he died in the year 1910
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the panama canal is very important because it lets ships travel between the atlantic ocean and pacific ocean .
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in 1917 the united states entered world war 1 . The army was not ready for war besides having only 200,00 men , the army had old weapons and equipment .petrshing was put in charge of the american army .
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an american soldier named alvin york captured an entire batallion of german soldiers .
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eight of the members of the chicago white sox baseball team admitted that they had "thrown" the 1919 world series.
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jesse owens is known as the fastest man in the world . it was at the 1936 olympics that jesse became known as the fastest man in the world .
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jim henson was the creator of the muppets . they were puppets that can make facial expressions. He died i the 1900"s
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the first presidential election debate was on all major televisin networks and it was betwwen nixon and kennedy.
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the warren commission was set up by president lyndon .b. johnson to look into the asssasssination of president john.f.kennedy.
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davis lost his citizenship when he gave up his seat as a united states senator to become the president of confederacy
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she became the first woman to serve as an assaciate justice on the supreme court of the united states.
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christopher columbus diccovered america .
