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The Signing of the Declaration of Independence
On this day in US History, the founding fathers declared the nations independence from britian. -
The Louisiana Purchase
Thomas Jefferson wanted to by New Orleans from the French, but they decided to sell the whole land for $15 million. Thomas Jefferson bought the land that doubled the nation.
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Lewis and Clark Journey West
Lewis and Clark were hired by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase.They made better maps of the west and also discovered a lot of new plants and animals.
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The Texas Revolution
The Mexican goverment made some very bad actions and caused some very angry protests. Some of the Texans talked about breaking away and it evenually became a war of independance from Mexico.
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The Trail of Tears
The Native Americans were forced to travel west to make room for more Americans. Federal troops took the Native Americans to what would now be Oklahoma from Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, and parts of Geogia. Many Native Americans died during this journey.
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Mexican American War
Dispite the texas revolution Mexico thought that Texas was still there land, and went to war to try, and get it back. Then Ameica won the war and got Texas.
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The Donner Party
The Donner Party was a group of American settlers traveling to California. They got delayed and had to spend the winter there. they ran out of food and had to resort to cannibalism to survive. They ate the people that died.
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The California Gold Rush
James Marshall Discoved gold in California and then everyone heard about it, and moved to California to mine all this gold.
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The Attack on Fort Sumter
The attack on Fort Sumter was when the Confederate army Attack Fort Sumter near Charleston, South Carolina and started the Civil War -
First apperance of Batman
Batman first appeared in comic books published by DC comics. the first comic book he appeared in was Detective Comics #27 and was created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger. Batman soon became very popular amoung the readers and one of DC comics mascots. -
Attack on Pearl Harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise attack conducted by the Japanese againest the United States at Pearl Harbor this attack lead to the start of World War 2. -
The Supreme Case: Brown v The Board of Education
This day the Supreme court decided that it was unconsitional to Separate public schools for black and white students. -
Sputnik Satellite
This is the day that the Sputnik Satellite was launched in to earths orbit. Sputnik was a very simple satellite that produced signals so that we could recieve infomation via internet and and redio. Sputnik was the first satellite to be lanched into space by Russia. -
First appearance of Spiderman
Spider Man first appeared in comics published by Marvel Comics. the first comic book he was in was Amazing Fantasy #15. he was created by writer-editor Stan Lee and writer-artist Steve Ditko. He soon became on of Marvels mascots -
USA Walks on the Moon
On July 20th 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed in the spaceship Apollo 11 and were the first humans to walk on the moon. -
The first Star Wars movie was released into cinemas
The first film in the star was movie was released by 20th Century Fox. It soon become at a world wide phenomenon and two more movies followed it in the course of 6 yesars. -
The Death of Elvis Presley
At 3:30 PM August 16th 1977, the king of rock and roll died. Elvis was a very famous singer and actor in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's. and everyone was devaststed when he passed. -
My Birthday!!!
This is the day I was born! -
9/11
This day is when terrorists hijacked a plane and crashed into the twin towers in New York City. After a while the twin towers collapsed killing over 3,000 people. -
My Brother Rocky's Birthday
My little brother Rocky was born on this day.
