Saturday, June 27th, 2026
President Truman orders U.S. forces to Korea
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The Stonewall Riots begin in NYC’s Greenwich Village
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U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station
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Spanish retreat from Aztec capital
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Hong Kong returned to China
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President Johnson signs Civil Rights Act
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Battle of Gettysburg ends
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Continental Congress adopts the Declaration of Independence
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Bikini introduced
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Althea Gibson is first African American to win Wimbledon
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, July 7th, 2026
Building of Hoover Dam begins
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Liberty Bell tolls to announce Declaration of Independence
| Special Interest | see moreFriday, July 10th, 2026
Scopes Monkey Trial begins
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Aaron Burr slays Alexander Hamilton in duel
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Geraldine Ferraro named vice presidential candidate
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, July 13th, 2026
The hashtag #BlackLivesMatter first appears, sparking a movement
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, July 14th, 2026
French revolutionaries storm the Bastille
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Twitter Launches
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The first atomic bomb test is successfully exploded
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Disneyland Opens
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FDR nominated for unprecedented third term
| Special Interest | see moreSunday, July 19th, 2026
Rosetta Stone found
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Neil Armstrong walks on moon
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, July 21st, 2026
The First Battle of Bull Run
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Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome
| Special Interest | see moreThursday, July 23rd, 2026
Former president Ulysses S. Grant dies
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American archeologist encounters Machu Picchu ruins
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World’s first "test tube" baby born
| Special Interest | see moreSunday, July 26th, 2026
U.S. postal system established
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House begins impeachment of Nixon
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14th Amendment adopted
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NASA Created
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President Johnson signs Medicare into law
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Labor leader Jimmy Hoffa is reported missing
| Special Interest | see moreSaturday, August 1st, 2026
Operation Tidal Wave: U.S. forces attempt risky air raid on Axis oil refineries
| Special Interest | see moreSunday, August 2nd, 2026
Iraq invades Kuwait
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Anne Frank captured
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American bomber drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima
| Special Interest | see moreSunday, August 9th, 2026
Gerald Ford becomes president after Richard Nixon resigns
| Special Interest | see moreThe Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, August 10th, 2026
Son of Sam serial killer is arrested
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, August 11th, 2026
Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
| Special Interest | see moreWednesday, August 12th, 2026
Skeleton of Tyrannosaurus rex discovered
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Berlin is divided
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Japan’s surrender made public
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Woodstock festival opens in Bethel, New York
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Death of Elvis
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| Special Interest | see moreMonday, August 17th, 2026
Woodstock Music Festival concludes
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Soviet hard-liners launch coup against Gorbachev
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First race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway
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Saturday, August 22nd, 2026
Althea Gibson becomes first African American on U.S. tennis tour
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Sacco and Vanzetti executed
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Mount Vesuvius erupts
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The Great Moon Hoax" is published in the "New York Sun"
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19th Amendment - Women Rights to Vote
| Special Interest | see moreFirst televised Major League baseball game
| Special Interest | see moreThursday, August 27th, 2026
Krakatoa explodes
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The March on Washington D.C. for Jobs and Freedom
| Special Interest | see moreEmmett Till is murdered
| Special Interest | see moreSaturday, August 29th, 2026
Hurricane Katrina slams into Gulf Coast
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Thurgood Marshall confirmed as Supreme Court justice
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, August 31st, 2026
Princess Diana dies in a car crash
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, September 1st, 2026
Bobby Fischer becomes the first American to win the World Chess Championship
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Japan surrenders, bringing an end to WWII
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Treaty of Paris signed
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Geronimo surrenders
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Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
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First tank produced
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United States nicknamed Uncle Sam
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Ford Pardons Nixon
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Elvis Presley makes first appearance on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
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First Drunk Driving Arrest
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Attack on the United States
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Lascaux cave paintings discovered
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Israel-Palestine peace accord signed
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Francis Scott Key pens “The Star-Spangled Banner”
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Muhammad Ali wins world heavyweight championship
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Gandhi begins fast in protest of caste separation
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The U.S. Military's First Successful Suborbital Space
| Special Interest | see moreThe Signing of the U.S. Constitution
| Special Interest | see moreBattle of Antietam breaks out
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George Washington lays the Capitol cornerstone
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Nevada is site of first-ever underground nuclear explosion
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Billie Jean King triumphs in “Battle of the Sexes"
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Benedict Arnold commits treason
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Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation
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Billy the Kid arrested for first time
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The first Supreme Court is established
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Little Rock Nine begin first full day of classes
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Kennedy and Nixon square off in first televised presidential debate
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John Adams appointed to negotiate peace terms with British
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Ted Williams becomes last MLB player to hit .400
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Cyanide-laced Tylenol kills seven
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USS Nautilus—world’s first nuclear submarine—is commissioned
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Hollywood icon Rock Hudson dies of AIDS
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O.J. Simpson aquitted
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Sputnik launched
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