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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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