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Adoption of the Declaration of Independence by the U.S. Congress in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
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Ratification of the U.S. Constitution
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Inauguration of George Washington as the 1st President of the U.S.A.
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Ratification of the 13th Amendment, banning slavery in the U.S., under the 16th President Abraham Lincoln.
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Ratification of the 15th Amendment, granting African-Americans the right to vote, under the 18th Prisident Ulysses S. Grant.
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Ratification of the 19th Amendment, granting women the right to vote, under the 28th President Woodrow Wilson.
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Enforced the 15th Amendment, granting African-Americans the right to vote, signed by the 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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Ratification of the 26h Amendment, granting all citizens over 18 years old the right to vote, under the 37th President Richard M. Nixon.
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Inauguration of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the U.S.A., who became the first African American President.
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To mark the 50th Anniversary of the "Bloody Sunday," President Obama celebrates by walking in Selma, Alabama.