Monday, May 18th, 2026
Pope John Paul II born
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Lawrence of Arabia dies
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Charles Lindbergh's Historic Transatlantic
| Special Interest | see moreLevi Strauss and Jacob Davis receive patent for blue jeans
| Special Interest | see moreThursday, May 21st, 2026
American Red Cross founded
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A thousand pioneers head West as part of the Great Emigration
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Police kill famous outlaws Bonnie and Clyde
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Brooklyn Bridge opens
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Constitutional Convention begins
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"Dracula" goes on sale in London
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Ship carrying 937 Jewish refugees, fleeing Nazi Germany, is turned away in Cuba
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Appeal for Amnesty campaign launches
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Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reach Everest summit
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Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for heresy
| Special Interest | see moreLincoln Memoria Dedicated in Washington DC
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Tulsa Race Massacre begins
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, June 1st, 2026
CNN Launches
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Babe Ruth Retires
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Zoot Suit Riots Begin in Los Angeles
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Chinese crackdown on protests that lead to Tiananmen Square Massacre
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Assassination of Robert Kennedy
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D-Day: Allies storm Normandy's coast
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First Successful ascent of Denali
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, June 8th, 2026
James Earl Ray, suspect in Martin Luther King Jr. assassination, is arrested
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, June 9th, 2026
Secretariat wins Triple Crown in breathtaking style
| Special Interest | see moreWednesday, June 10th, 2026
Benjamin Franklin flies kite during thunderstorm
| Special Interest | see moreThursday, June 11th, 2026
University of Alabama desegregated
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President Reagan challenges Gorbachev to “Tear down this wall”
| Special Interest | see moreSaturday, June 13th, 2026
The Miranda rights are established
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Congress adopts the Stars and Stripes
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, June 15th, 2026
King John puts his seal on Magna Carta
| Special Interest | see moreTuesday, June 16th, 2026
First roller coaster in America opens
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Statue of Liberty arrives in New York Harbor
| Special Interest | see moreThe Watergate Scandal
| Special Interest | see moreThursday, June 18th, 2026
War of 1812 begins
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Abolition of slavery announced in Texas on “Juneteenth”
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“Jaws” released in theaters
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U.S. Constitution ratified
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, June 22nd, 2026
FDR signs G.I. Bill
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Mafia boss John Gotti, aka “Teflon Don,” sentenced to life
| Special Interest | see moreWednesday, June 24th, 2026
U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell
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Battle of the Little Bighorn
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June 26 2015 Supreme Court Ratifies Gay Marriage
| NATL - Historical | see moreU.S. begins Berlin Airlift
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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
| Special Interest | see moreSunday, July 12th, 2026
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
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Rosetta Stone found
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Neil Armstrong walks on moon
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The First Battle of Bull Run
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Jessica Lynch gets hero's welcome
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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
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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
The Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima
| Special Interest | see moreGerald Ford becomes president after Richard Nixon resigns
| Special Interest | see moreMonday, August 10th, 2026
Son of Sam serial killer is arrested
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Federal prisoners land on Alcatraz
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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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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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