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Abraham Lincoln was shot and killled by his assassinator John Wilkes Booth in Fords Theatre while watching the play Our American Cousin. Lincoln was shoot in the back of the head and died shortly after.
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The Civil War ended in a Surrender won by Union General Ulysses S. Grant against Confederate General Robert E. Lee at Appomattox.
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The thirtenth amendment is finallly passed and stops slavery once and for all.
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The KKK was founded by many previous confederate veterans in Tennesse. ONe veteran being Nathan Bedford Forrest who became the top leader of the Klan. The Klan became a part of every southern state.
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The Tenure Office Act was enabled and stated that the President only had certain powers, and that before the president did certain things the senate would have to approve. One example being that the president can not fire any one with out the senate's approval.
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Alaska was purchased by the U.S. with the secretary of state William Seward. Alaska was originally owned by Russia and sold for 7.2 million dollars.
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President Andrew Johnson was impeached becuase they believed he violated the rules of the Tenure of Office Act. Johnson became the first president impeached.
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The Fourthenth Amendment is passed stating the any person born in the U.S. has the right to citizenship even if they are recently freed slaves.
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The Fifthteenth Amendment is passed stating that the goverment or any person working for the country can not deny any person the right to vote whether it be their race, religion, or any other obstacle.
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Yellowstone National Park is spread through out three states, Idaho, Wyoming , and Montana. The park was established by U.S. Congress and became a signed law by Ulysses S. Grant.
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Clara Barton founded the American Red Cross. The American Red Cross is an organization that helps with diaster relief, emergencies, and other life threatening problems.
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Jesse James was shot and killed by Robert Ford. Jesse James was one of the first american outlaws. Jesse James did many bank robberies and killed many people.
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The first christmas tree with lights was created by Edward Johnson, a former employee of Thomas Edison. Before all of the christmas trees were lighted with candles causing many fires and many deaths with it.
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Mark Twain had the Book The Adventures Of Hucleberry Fin finally published.
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All of the pieces of the statue of liberty arrived in New York ready for assembly. The Statue of Liberty was given to america as a gift from france. The Statue of Liberty is made of copper sheets attached to a steel structure.
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Ulysses S. Grant passed away at the age of 63. A funeral was held in New York City. Grants body was placed in a temperary tomb for twelve years until 90,000 people donated 600,000 dollars for him to have a better grave called Grant's Tomb.
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The Haymarket Riot was an attempt to more rights for working strikers. The strikers wnated an higher pay. The Haymarket Riot ended in a bomb being thrown at police killing eight people. The Haymarket Riot was in Chicago.
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The Statue of liberty was finally done and completely built. October 28th it was dedicated and shown.
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The Johnstown Flood Occured because of the poorly built damn, South Fork burst.
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South Dakota became a state along with North Dakota almost at the exact same time.
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The first automobile patent was created and passed for George B. Selden andd his two stroke engine.
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The first Boston Marathon was held and contained fifteen runners and was won by John McDermott.
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Twelve years after his death his tomb was finally dedicated to him in New York.
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The First Subway in America is built in Boston Massachusetts. This was a faster way to transport.
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The American Congress approves the use of voting machines for future elections. The voting machine has become very popular for voting in the decades after.
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Theodore Roosevelt was elected as president and stayed in office until 1909. Roosevelt was elected at age forty two becoming the youngest presient to be elected at that time.
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The Ford company was founded by Henry Ford which was where they got the name. The ford brand has leadon to become one of the biggest car brands to day with headqurters and stores all over the world.
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Oklahoma became the 46th state in the nation being fourth to last. Oklahoma has become a large place with many products and the nick name the panhandle state.
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The first ford Model T is created by the ford company. It was known as the first affordable automobile. During the time it sold 16.5 million vehicles.
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Wiliam Howard Taft became president for four years and was not elected again because of a win by Woodrow Wilson.
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The Ford Motor Company raises wages from &2.40 a nine hour day to a $5 eight hour day. The Ford Motor Company not only raised wages but also shortened days.
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Oscar Mathisen skates world record for the 500 m in 43.7 sec in Oslo. Oscar was a professional ice skater.
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The Model T is introduced by the Ford Motor Company. The Model T is very popular to the time period.
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The very popular opera Madeleine was released in New York City and had a very good response.
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Beverly Hills California is officialy a city where many people moved to because of the benefits.
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Charlie Chaplin started his career in the movie "Making a Living". The movie was directed by henry Lehrman.
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The United States have finally decided to make a day to celebrate mothers and the things they do.
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The assanation of Archduke Franz Ferdinand unannoucinly starts the first world war. This war leads to many after.
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Babe Ruth joins the Boston Red Soxs. The team led him to his amzing 60 home runs in one season in 1927.
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The Panama Canal was built and president Theodore Roosevelt made it final aking a connection to other countries.
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The United States 26th president Theodore Roosevele dies peacefully in his sleep. Theodore Roosevelt dies in Sagamore Hill.
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The Boston Molasses Disaster also know as the Great Bston Molasses Flood was a failure in a molasses tank which burst causing th death of twenty one people and injuring one hundred and fifty others.
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The 18th amendment is added to the constitution stating the prohibition of alcoholic beverages in the United States.
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The first class stamp price rises from two cents to three cents.
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The Green Bay Packers became Wisconsin's first NFL team . The Green Bay Packers were founded by Curly Lambeau. The Green Bay Packers became the third NFL team in the United States.
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President of the U.S. Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. The stroke incapacitated the president, his wife controlled access, and he remained in office, though he should have been removed. He worked minimally during the remainder of his term, but did approve the Palmer Raids. Essentially, the country ran without a president for nearly 18 months.
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Ripley's believe it Or Not first came out on october 16, 1919 and came out as a cartoon. It had the same name and was in the New York Globe.
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The first cartoon character is born and was Felix the cat on the cartoon the Feline Follies.
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Babe Ruth is sold from the Boston Red Sox to the New York Yankees for 125,000 dollars, the most any player was paid at that time. Babe Ruth had made many accomplishments on both teams.
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1919 price Todays Price a pound of apples ---- 11 cents 28 cents 2 pounds of roast beef----38 cents $5.60 per pound 3 pounds of steak-------- 60 cents $17 dollars for three pounds
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The first Miss America pageant is held in Atlantic city, New Jersey. The first winner was Margaret Gorman and she was from Washington D.C.. She was awarded the Golden Mermaid trophy that was later named the Miss America Award.
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The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington D.C. As you can see in the picture many people went and honored the deseased president.
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The first Time magizine was published and had contained many things aabout theatre and upcoming events. It was very helpful for people. The magizine was published by Dewitt and Lila Wallace.
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Warner Brothers pictures is incorporated, invented, and begun. Warner Bros. Studios began when the brothers Albert, Sam, Harry and Jack L. decided they wanted a company together. They made many achievements such as the first talkie and many more achievements still to come.
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The first Winter Olympic Games are held in the French Alps in Chamonix, France with sixteen nations who participated. The Winter Olympic Games have been held since this year, except during World War II.
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All Native Americans are designated citizens by legislation passed in the U.S. Congress and signed by President Calvin Coolidge. The Indian Citizenship Act granted this right to all Native Americans that had been born within the territory of the United States.
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The first women governor is elected in Wyoming. Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first women governor setting an example for the many women to come.
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Mickey and Minnie Mouse first appear on a film with the release of the animated short film, Plane Crazy. This begins their journey to popularity
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Amelia Earhart becomes the first woman to fly over the Atlantic Ocean before disappearing in the Bermuda Triangle.
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Martin Luther King Jr. is born and later becomes one of the greatest civil rights leaders ever. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in his grandfathers house in Atlanta, Georgia.
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The Smooth-Hawley Tariff act was signed by President Herbert Hoover. This tariff act would stop world trades with the United States. This was made during the tie of the great depression.
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The destroyed land of the ancient Canyon de Chelly indians becaome a national monument after the signing of president Herbert Hoover.
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The star spangled banner written by Francis Scott Key is made the national anthem of the United States by President Herbert Hoover.
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In South Dakota, a strong dust storm rips up soil from many of the depression era farms. It was one in a series of such storms to plague the Midwest with the dust bowl during 1933 and 1934.
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The 21st Amendement is passed ending prohibition. Prohibition was was a nationwide constitutional ban on the production, importation, transportation and sale of alcoholic beverages that remained in place from 1920 to 1933.
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The Historic Site act was established and passed so that national sites and monuments could be protected instead of destroyed.
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The Hoover Dam on the Arizona-Nevada border. The Hoover Dam was dedicated by President Roosevelt.
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The very popular book was published. The book was written by Margaret Mitchell. There have been 176,000 copies sold today.
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The Appalachian Trail extends two thousand miles from Mount Katahdin, Maine to Springer Mountain, Georgia it took more than a decade to build.
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World War Two begins and many deaths had happened. World War Two was a war between the Axis Powers and the Allie Powers. The axis powers were Germany, Italy, Japan. The Allie Powers are the Soviet Union, China, and the United States.
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Tom and Jerry make their first appearance in the short carton Mammy Two Shoes. Tom and Jerry begin the very popular cartoon business that has become what it is now.
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Bugs Bunny makes his first appearance in the show A Wild Hare. Bugs Bunny became very popular and has showed many shows to this day.
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The United States took over Iceland during it's taking over of Great Britain. The United States wanted Iceland in an attempt to stop German invasion.
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The Attack on Pearl Harbor occurs at 7:55 am in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The attack started when Japan had a surprise attack on U.S. soil.
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The Cocoanut Grove Fire was in Boston at a club named the Cocoanut Grove. The fire was caused by a synthetic palm tree lighting on fire. The large fire caused 492 people.
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The Normandy landings became known as D-Day. The Normandy landings were the landing missions in Normandy which was the allied invasion in Operation Overload. These landings began to decrease German invasion.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt wins the 40th presidential election. He was the democratic nominee and was the first presidential to win four terms.
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Harry S. Truman takes the oath for office. He became the vice president and stayed in that position for 82 days before the president, Franklin D. Roosevelt dies. After the presidents death Harry S. Truman became president.
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt dies of cerebral hemorrhage while sitting for a portrait. The president was 63 years old when he passed away.
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The president dies abruptly leaving vice president Harry Truman as president. Truman becomes very busy becoming the president and being the commander in chief during WWII.
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The atomic bombings on Hiroshima and Nagasaki lead Japan to surrender ending WWII. Soon after Japan signed the surrender document.
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The famous Iron Curtain speech was delivered by Winston Churchill. The speech was delivered in Fulton, Missouri. The speech stated that the Soviet Union could not spread farther into Europe. The Iron Curtain speech is known as being the start of the Cold War.
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The NBA or National Basketball Association is founded. The NBA was founded in New York City. The NBA was then merged with the NBL (National Basketball Association) four years later.
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The Truman Doctrine is unveiled. The Truman Doctrine was a way for the United States to fight back against communism. The United States said they would do everything in it's power to stop and contain communism.
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The Marshall plan is enacted stating that the United States would provide many types of aid in the rebuild Western Europe after the war. The United States had given Europe 12 billion dollars during the Marshall plan. That would be 120 billion in today's world.
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The NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization) is formed in Washington D.C. The NATO is a military alliance of Europe and North America against the Soviet Union and the Warsaw Pact.
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China becomes a communist country. The Chinese leader Mao Zedong creates the People's Republic of China (PRC). China had decided to become communist because the Communists had gained China's support in wanting to corrupt nationalists. It then became a communist state because the communists insurgents won the civil war.
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The Korean War had started when the North Korean communist party invaded the area of the South Korean non-Communist party. North Korea had crossed over the 38th parallel to invade the lad of the South Koreans. The North Koreans were known as the Reds during this time period due to their connection with communism.
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The United States send thirty five military advisors to provide aid in South Vietnam for non-communist governments.
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The very famous comic strip, Peanuts, is published for the very first. Peanuts is written and illustrated by Charles M. Schulz. The popularity of the comic strips continued until 2000 producing 17,897 comics. After 2000 other people starting making many reruns of the comic strips.
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The first hydrogen bomb is exploded in the Pacific ocean at Eniwetok Atoll. The hydrogen bomb was named Mike.
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Television begin to be sold in color changing the way people see the world.
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The polio vaccine has previously been invented and the large spread of the vaccine is started. The first large scale of the spread of the vaccine happens in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania.
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Joseph McCarthy starts his well known televised hearings about his belief that the Senate had connections to communism. Later McCarthy also claims that the U.S. Army also had connections to the Communist party. His beliefs of communism angered many and eventually lead to the stopping of his show.
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The Segregation of schools in the Brown vs. the Board of Education case was believed to have violated the 14th Amendment in the fact that it was not equal protection for every race. The school that had started the race was the Monroe school in Topeka Kansas. The student who was not fairly treated was Linda Brown.
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Disneyland is created by Walt Disney and becomes one of the most iconic theme parks in the World. The theme park becomes the spot that every child wants to go.
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Rosa Parks refuses to give her seat to a white man on the bus. This protests leads to her starting a boycott against bus laws, and the joining with many other civil rights activists to create a great amount of change to the world.
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The first public burning of a draft card occurs in protest to the Vietnam War. It is conducted by the anti-war group of students, the National Coordinating Committee to stop the war that was proceeding in Vietnam.
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The medical program provided by the government is started and provided medical help for seniors and the elderly over the age of 65.
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The National Historic Preservation Act is made law. It expanded the National Register of Historic Places to include historic sites of regional, state, and local significance. It made sure that no historical place could be destroyed, mined, forested, or claimed as personal property.
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Ford's Theater, the site of the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln in Washington, D.C., reopens to the public. The theater was restored to it's original condition and is not established as a historical site.
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Martin Luther King Junior is assassinated on the balcony of a hotel in Memphis Tennessee. James Earl Ray was the assassinate.
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Robert F. Kennedy the democratic senator from New York was also shot and had passed away the next day. He was shot at a campaign celebration.
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Richard M. Nixon is re-elected into the White House from the Democratic party with his victory of Hubert H. Humphrey and 3rd Party candidate George Wallace. Nixon captured 301 Electoral College Votes to 191 for Humphrey and 46 for Wallace.
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The Apollo Program completes their mission and returns safely home making Neil Armstrong the first person to set foot on the moon.
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The first earth day is celebrated on this day. It was celebrated by millions of people. Many of the people participated in anti pollution presentations and encouraged children to walk instead of ride the bus to school. They provided many examples to reduce pollution of the earth.
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The first Earth Day begins and is announced as a national and reoccurring holiday. This holiday began to encourage people to be green.
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A nationwide ban on the television and radio advertisements of cigarettes are banned in the United States. President Nixon had signed the law and put it into order.
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Walt Disney World opens in Orlando, Florida. This expands Disney to the east coast along with Disney Land in California.
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The show Wheel Of Fortune Premieres. The show became a night time show for many families. The show is still showing today 41 years later and is still very popular.
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Bill Gates becomes the finder of the company Microsoft. He continued to upgrade his products until his company became the multi-million dollar company that it is today.
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Saturday Night Live airs on NBC. It becomes a late Saturday night shows that makes fun of the things going on in America.
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Microsoft begins to become a household name. It had been started one year after its name for microcomputer software is first mentioned by Bill Gates to Paul Allen in a letter.
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The very infamous movie Star Wars opens and becomes the highest grossing movie of that time. The Star Wars movie has become a multi-million dollar franchise and has made many more movies.
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A balloon is launched and makes it across the Atlantic ocean but finally falls on the 17th of August. It was in the air for 137 hours and 6 minutes.
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Pope John Paul II, Karol Wojtyla of Poland, is elected Pope at Vatican City.
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An accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middleton, Pennsylvania occurs when a partial core meltdown is recorded. It ensued for five days until the reactor was deemed under control. It is the largest accident in U.S. nuclear power history and considered the worst in the world until the Soviet Chernobyl accident seven years later.
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The American Pioneer Eleven passes the planet Saturn, becoming the first spacecraft to visit the ringed planet, albeit at a distance of 21,000 kilometers.
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The Mt. St. Helens volcano, in Washington State, erupts, killing fifty-seven people and economic devastation to the area with losses almost at $3 billion. The blast was estimated to have the power five hundred times greater than the Hiroshima atomic bomb.
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Fifteen nations had signed the nuclear-proliferation pact which began to slow the spread of nuclear weapons. A couple nations that signed were the U.S. and the Soviet Union.
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President Richard Nixon had survived a attempt assassination while walking to his limo In Washington D.C. He was shot in the chest and still managed to live.
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Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female Supreme Court associate justice in a vote of 99-0.
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C., holding the names of the more than 58,000 killed or missing in action during the conflict.
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Sally Ride becomes the first female astronaut to enter space.
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The computer operating program starts to be sold.
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Martin Luther King day officially becomes a federal holiday. Martin Luther King day also begins to be celebrated in school.
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Five million people make a human chain across the United States in the Hands Across America campaign to fight hunger and homelessness.
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El Malpais National Monument in New Mexico is established by legislation. It preserved a natural volcanic area, a seventeen mile lava tube system, and remains from the Pueblo Indian culture.
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The Berlin Wall begins to crumble when German citizens are allowed to travel freely between East and West Germany for the first time. One day later, the crowds begin to go around and onto the wall begin to dismantle it ending its existence.
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The Hubble Telescope is placed into orbit by the United States Space Shuttle Discovery. One month later, the telescope becomes fully functional.
