Battle of the Coral Sea

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The Siege of Vicksburg was a 40-day holdout between Confederate troops led by General Pemberton and the Union Army led by Maj General Grant.

The Paleolithic Period in human prehistory saw the slow adoption of stone tools, increasing survival and productivity rates of hominins starting 3.3 million years ago to the end of the Pleistocene Epoch, approximately 11,650 years ago.

The Great Chicago Fire broke out on October 8th, 1871, leaving some 100,000 Chicagoans homeless after the destruction of more than 17,000 structures.

The Battle of Chancellorsville showcased General Robert E. Lee’s strategic prowess with a Confederate army less than half the size of his Union opponents. The battle saw multiple flanks and ambushes, before the Union Army retreated in defeat.

The Loma Prieta earthquake of October 17th, 1989, took the lives of 67 people and injured more than 3,000 others during the 15-second, 6.9 magnitude quake that shook the San Francisco Bay Area.

The Gladiators of Rome were popular attractions around the 1st century A.D. luring bloodthirsty crowds to arenas like the Colosseum to witness the fight to the death combat and animal slaying.

On May 6th, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt created The Works Progress Administration (WPA) to employ Americans in the construction of infrastructure projects during the darkest days of the Great Depression, when unemployment rates topped 20%.