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Known as the “Father of the Playground Movement.” Concerning a child's need for play
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The Young Men's Christian Association was founded in London, England, on June 6, 1844, in response to unhealthy social conditions arising in the big cities
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She was the first American woman to receive the Nobel Peace prize for her pioneering in social work in America.
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Played the first game of intercollegiate football on Nov. 6, 1869,
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Yellowstone National Park was the first national park created and keeps a lot of forest and animals alive
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He invented the game of basketball at age 30 in 1891
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The Sierra Club-The Sierra Club is an environmental organization in the United States. It was founded on May 28, 1892.
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Inventor of the game Volleyball.
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Held in Athens, Greece in 1896. 14 countries participated. Important to the development of the modern day version of the olympics.
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established booths near camps where soldiers could find directions to libraries, gymnasiums, and other sources of entertainment.
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Harlem Renaissance was significant because it marked a moment when white America started recognising the contributions of Blacks
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The 1920s-It was a decade of prosperity and dissipation
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Walter Elias Disney was an American entrepreneur, animator, voice actor and film producer. A pioneer of the American animation industry, he introduced several developments in the production of cartoons.
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The world's first electronic television was created by a 21 year old inventor named Philo Taylor Farnsworth.
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The Great Depression. The stock market crash of October 29, 1929
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Voluntary work relief program for men in the united states that were unemployed and unmarried men from 1933 to 1942.
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Non profit organizations that organizes local youth baseball and softball games.
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fter leaving the military, Robinson played shortstop for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro League. In 1945 he was recruited by Dodgers
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State laws establishing racial segregation in public schools
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President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act in 1956
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Was a result of the AFL and NFL looking for dominance in the professional sport.
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The first games were held on July 20, 1968 in Chicago, Illinois with about 1000 athletes from the U.S. and Canada.
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Set guidelines for future games after producing a profit of 223 million USD.
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August 8, 1988, first game against the Phillies where there were lights at a night game.
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It was hosted as well as won by the United States