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  • July 28, 2020

    The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

    The assassination of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th American President who was assassinated by a group of Confederate sympathizers on April 14th, 1865, one week after the end of the Civil War.

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  • The Ford Theatre where President Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
  • July 27, 2020

    Mt St Helens Eruption of 1980

    On May 18th, 1980 a 5.1 magnitude earthquake rocked the Mount St. Helens with a disconcerting punch. Within 10 seconds, the mountain erupted and accompanied the biggest landslide ever recorded.

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  • Eruption of mt st helens
  • July 24, 2020

    Johnstown Flood of 1889

    Johnstown flood of 1889, when a poorly-maintained damn gave way, sending a 21-foot-tall wall of water through downtown Johnstown Pennsylvania.

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  • Devastation after Johnstown flood of 1889
  • July 23, 2020

    The Kon-Tiki Expedition

    The Kon-Tiki Expedition, when in 1947 writer and adventurer Thor Heyerdahl set out on a trans-Pacific passage on a balsa wood sailing raft named Kon-Tiki, sailing from South America to the Polynesian Islands.

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  • kon tiki expedition
  • July 22, 2020

    National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956

    In 1956 there were 65 million cars on American roadways growing to 90 million by 1975. Congress responded by passing the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act.

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  • map of national interstate highway and defense act of 1957
  • July 21, 2020

    Bay of Pigs Invasion

    The Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba to squash Fidel Castro’s increasingly communistic-backed regime. JFK failed to approve air and naval support which doomed the invasion.

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  • cuban militias defend bay of pigs invasion by the United States
  • July 20, 2020

    Kamikaze Attacks of World War Two

    Kamikaze pilots of World War Two, who intentionally crashed their explosive-laden fighter planes into Allied naval warships.

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  • Japanese kamikaze pilot attacks naval warship resulting in explosive damage