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Headline:   Decision of the Supreme Court in the Dred Scott Case
Date:   3/6/1857
Description:   The Supreme Court decided in its Dred Scott decision, the Supreme Court held that Scott, a slave, could not sue for his freedom in a federal court.
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Headline:   THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Date:   11/6/1860
Description:   Former Illinois congressman Abraham Lincoln defeated three other candidates for the United States presidency.
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Headline:   The Inauguration of the President of the Southern Confederacy
Date:   2/18/1861
Description:   Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, Ala.
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Headline:   HIGHLY IMPORTANT NEWS; Desperate Naval Engagements in Hampton Roads
Date:   3/9/1862
Description:   The dullness of Old Point was startled today by the announcement that a suspicious looking vessel, supposed to be the Merrimac, looking like a submerged house, with the roof only above water, was mowing down from Norfolk by the channel in front of the Sowel's Point batteries. Signal guns were also fired by the Cumberland and Congress, to notify the Minnesota, St. Lawrence and Roanoke of the approaching danger, and all was excitement in and about Fortress Monroe.
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Headline:   The Battle of Pittsburgh
Date:   4/7/1862
Description:   Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
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Headline:   A Proclamation by the President of the United States
Date:   9/22/1862
Description:   President Lincoln issued the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, declaring all slaves in rebel states should be free as of Jan. 1, 1863.
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Headline:   Battle of Antietam Creek
Date:   9/17/1862
Description:   Union forces hurled back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Civil War Battle of Antietam. During the battle, 23,100 were killed, wounded or captured, making it the bloodiest day in United States military history.
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Headline:   The Heroes of July
Date:   11/19/1863
Description:   President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
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Headline:   The Great Battles
Date:   7/3/1863
Description:   Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania ended after three days in a major victory for the North as Confederate troops retreated.
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Headline:   SAVANNAH OURS
Date:   12/22/1864
Description:   During the Civil War, Union Gen. William T. Sherman sent a message to President Lincoln from Georgia, saying, "I beg to present you as a Christmas gift the city of Savannah."
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Headline:   From Washington Abolition of Slavery
Date:   1/31/1865
Description:   House of Representatives passed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery.
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Headline:   Awful Event
Date:   4/14/1865
Description:   President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day
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Headline:   Hang Out Your Banners; Union Victory! Peace!
Date:   4/9/1865
Description:   Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee surrendered his army to Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House in Virginia.
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Headline:   Washington
Date:   2/24/1868
Description:   The United States House of Representatives impeached President Johnson following his attempted dismissal of Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton; Johnson was later acquitted by the Senate.
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Headline:   Impeachment
Date:   3/13/1868
Description:   The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began in the United States Senate.
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Headline:   IMPEACHMENT
Date:   5/16/1868
Description:   he United States Senate failed by one vote to convict President Andrew Johnson as it took its first ballot on one of 11 articles of impeachment against him. (Johnson was acquitted of all charges.)
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Headline:   Impeachment
Date:   5/26/1868
Description:   The Senate impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.
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Headline:   East and West: Completion of the Great Line Spanning the Continent
Date:   5/10/1869
Description:   A golden spike was driven at Promontory, Utah, marking the completion of the first transcontinental railroad in the United States.
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Headline:   The Colored Member Admitted to His Seat in the Senate
Date:   2/25/1870
Description:   Hiram R. Revels, R-Miss., became the first black member of the United States Senate as he was sworn in to serve out the unexpired term of Jefferson Davis.
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Headline:   The Little Horn Massacre
Date:   6/25/1876
Description:   Lt. Col. George A. Custer and his 7th Cavalry were wiped out by Sioux and Cheyenne Indians in the Battle of Little Big Horn in Montana.
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Headline:   President-Elect Hayes
Date:   3/2/1877
Description:   Republican Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election over Democrat Samuel J. Tilden, even though Tilden had won the popular vote.
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Headline:   Edison's Electric Light
Date:   10/21/1879
Description:   Thomas Edison invented a workable electric light at his laboratory in Menlo Park, N.J.
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Headline:   The President Dead
Date:   9/19/1881
Description:   The 20th president of the United States, James A. Garfield, died of wounds inflicted by an assassin.
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Headline:   Two Great Cities United
Date:   5/24/1883
Description:   The Brooklyn Bridge, linking Brooklyn and Manhattan, was opened to traffic.
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Headline:   Hundreds of Lives Lost
Date:   5/31/1885
Description:   More than 2,000 people perished when a dam break sent water rushing through Johnstown, Pa.
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Headline:   Into Oklahoma at Last
Date:   4/22/1889
Description:   Oklahoma Land Rush began at noon as thousands of homesteaders staked claims.
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Headline:   A Revolution in Hawaii
Date:   1/17/1893
Description:   Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to abdicate.
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Headline:   Repudiation Has Won
Date:   7/9/1896
Description:   William Jennings Bryan caused a sensation at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago with his "cross of gold" speech denouncing supporters of the gold standard. Bryan went on to win the party's nomination.
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Headline:   The Maine Blown Up
Date:   2/15/1898
Description:   The U.S. battleship Maine blew up in Havana Harbor, killing 260 crew members and escalating tensions with Spain.
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Headline:   Spain to Use Privateers
Date:   4/24/1898
Description:   Spain declared war on the United States after rejecting America's ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
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Headline:   War Suspended, Peace Assured
Date:   8/12/1898
Description:   The peace protocol ending the Spanish-American War was signed.
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Headline:   Gold Now the Standard
Date:   3/14/1900
Description:   Congress ratified the Gold Standard Act.
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Headline:   President Shot at Buffalo Fair
Date:   9/6/1901
Description:   President McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Headline:   New England Welcomes President Roosevelt
Date:   8/22/1902
Description:   President Theodore Roosevelt became the first United States chief executive to ride in an automobile.
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Headline:   AIRSHIP AFTER BUYER
Date:   12/17/1903
Description:   Orville and Wilbur Wright took the first successful man-powered airplane flights, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
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Headline:   OUR SUBWAY OPEN, 150,000 TRY IT
Date:   10/27/1904
Description:   The first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened in New York City.
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Headline:   1,000 Lives May Be Lost in Burning of the Excursion Boat Gen. Slocum
Date:   6/15/1904
Description:   More than 1,000 people died when fire erupted aboard the steamboat General Slocum in New York City's East River.
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Headline:   Over 500 Dead, $200,000,000 Lost in San Francisco Earthquake
Date:   4/18/1906
Description:   A devastating earthquake struck San Francisco, followed by raging fires. About 700 people died.
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Headline:   Peary Discovers the North Pole After Eight Trials in 23 Years
Date:   4/6/1909
Description:   Explorers Robert E. Peary and Matthew A. Henson became the first men to reach the North Pole. The claim, disputed by skeptics, was upheld in 1989 by the Navigation Foundation.
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Headline:   Mark Twain is Dead at 74
Date:   4/21/1910
Description:   Author Samuel Langhorne Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, died in Redding, Conn.
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Headline:   Standard Oil Company Must Dissolve in 6 Months; Only Unreasonable Restraint of Trade Forbidden
Date:   5/15/1911
Description:   The Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Standard Oil Company, ruling it was in violation of the Sherman Antitrust Act.
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Headline:   Scott 150 Miles From South Pole Jan. 3; Will Stay In Antarctic Another Year
Date:   1/18/1912
Description:   English explorer Robert F. Scott and his expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover that Roald Amundsen had gotten there first.
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Headline:   Titanic Sinks Four Hours After Hitting Iceberg; 866 Rescued By Carpathia, Probably 1,250 Perish; Ismay Safe, Mrs. Astor Maybe, Noted Names Missing
Date:   4/15/1912
Description:   British luxury liner Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland, less than three hours after striking an iceberg. About 1,500 people died
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Headline:   Austria Ready to Invade Servia, Sends Ultimatum
Date:   7/23/1914
Description:   Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.
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Headline:   Austria Formally Declares War on Servia; Russia Threatens, Already Moving Troops; Peace of Europe Now In Kaiser's Hands
Date:   7/28/1914
Description:   Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia. World War I began as declarations of war by other European nations quickly followed.
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Headline:   England Declares War on Germany
Date:   8/4/1914
Description:   Britain declared war on Germany while the United States proclaimed its neutrality
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Headline:   French Capture 7,500 in Big Verdun Drive; Smash Six-Mile Front
Date:   12/15/1916
Description:   The French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
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Headline:   Bolsheviki Seize State Buildings, Defying Kerensky
Date:   11/7/1917
Description:   Russia's Bolshevik Revolution took place as forces led by Vladimir Ilyich Lenin overthrew the provisional government of Alexander Kerensky.
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Headline:   Relations With Germany Are Broken Off
Date:   2/3/1917
Description:   The United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany, which had announced a policy of unrestricted submarine warfare
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Headline:   Hunger Causes Petrograd Riots
Date:   3/8/1917
Description:   Russia's February Revolution began with rioting and strikes in St. Petersburg.
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Headline:   President Calls for War Declaration, Stronger Navy, New Army of 500,000 Men, Full Co-operation With Germany's Foes
Date:   4/2/1917
Description:   President Woodrow Wilson asked Congress to declare war against Germany, saying, "The world must be made safe for democracy."
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Headline:   Armistice Signed, End Of The War! Berlin Seized By Revolutionists; New Chancellor Begs For Order
Date:   11/11/1918
Description:   Fighting in World War I came to an end with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany.
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Headline:   Americans Drive Germans Back Over Marne: Take 1,000 Prisoners and Check Big Drive: German Attack on a 60-Mile Front Fails
Date:   7/15/1918
Description:   Second Battle of the Marne began during World War I.
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Headline:   Ex-Czar of Russia Killed by Order of Ural Soviet
Date:   7/16/1918
Description:   Russia's Czar Nicholas II, his empress and their five children were executed by the Bolsheviks
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Headline:   Peace Signed, Ends the Great War; Germans Depart Still Protesting; Prohibition Till Troops Disband
Date:   6/28/1919
Description:   Treaty of Versailles was signed in France, ending World War I.
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Headline:   Troops Use Machine Gun on Boston Mob; 5,000 Guarding City as Riots Continue; City Acclaims Parade of Fighting First
Date:   9/10/1919
Description:   New York City welcomed home Gen. John J. Pershing and 25,000 soldiers who had served in the United States 1st Division during World War I.
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Headline:   Senate Defeats Treaty, Vote 49 to 35; Orders it Returned to the President
Date:   3/19/1920
Description:   United States Senate rejected for the second time the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35, falling short of the two-thirds majority needed for approval.
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Headline:   Colby Proclaims Woman Suffrage
Date:   8/26/1920
Description:   19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, guaranteeing American women the right to vote, was declared in effect.
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Headline:   Tut-ankh-Amen's Inner Tomb is Opened Revealing Undreamed of Splendors, Still Untouched After 3,400 Years
Date:   2/16/1923
Description:   The burial chamber of King Tutankhamen's recently unearthed tomb was unsealed in Egypt.
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Headline:   President Harding Dies Suddenly; Stroke of Apoplexy at 7:30 P.M.; Calvin Coolidge Is President
Date:   8/2/1923
Description:   The 29th president of the United States, Warren G. Harding, died in San Francisco. Calvin Coolidge took the oath of office as President of the United States.
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Headline:   Fliers At Seattle End World Flight of 27,000 Miles
Date:   9/28/1924
Description:   Two United States Army planes landed in Seattle, Washington, having completed the first round-the-world flight in 175 days.
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Headline:   Scopes Is Indicted in Tennessee for Teaching Evolution
Date:   5/25/1925
Description:   John T. Scopes was indicted in Tennessee for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
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Headline:   Scopes Guilty, Fined $100, Scores Law; Benediction Ends Trial, Appeal Starts; Darrow Answers Nine Bryan Questions
Date:   7/21/1925
Description: