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They flew the first controlled heavier-than- air aircraft at Kitty Hawk, NC.
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While WWI started on January 28th, 1914, the United States remained neutral until April 6th,1917 after Germany declared unlimited German submarine warfare and the Zimmerman Telegram.
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The Stock Market Crash marks the beginning of the Great Depression. October 29th,1929 would forever be known as Black Tuesday.
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Japan attacked Hawaii, Guam, and the Philippines on December 7th, 1941. Many know of the bombing of Hawaii as Pearl Harbor. The United States enters World War II on December 8th, 1941
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Justices ruled from the Supreme Court court case that racial segregation among children was unconstitutional. They stated that "separate-but-equal" was actually not equal at all. This helped to spark that Civil Rights Movement!
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Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., delivers his ―I Have a Dream‖ speech before a crowd of 200,000
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Supreme Court Case that defines due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment and established the Miranda Rights.
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This Supreme Court Case stated that women have the right to choose to have an abortion without restrictive state rules. It stated that their rights are covered under the privacy rights of the 14th Amendment.
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The Challenger explodes after 73 seconds of lift off. All 7 crew members died and this was the worst accident in the United States space program.
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This was a government raid that began with a 51 day long stand off and ended in the attack of the compound, killing 75 people, which included 25 children.
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One of the deadliest terrorist attacks on American soil that claimed the lives of around 3,000 victims. Four airplanes were hijacked by 19 men and were flown into the Twin Towers and the Pentagon.
