ABC's of History

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Watergate Scandal (Nixon)

 

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XYZ Affair during the Presidency of John Adams (USA)

 

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YMCA was founded on 6 June 1844 in London England

 

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Zanesville, Ohio is founded in 1797

 

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Appomattox, Virginia
(April 9, 1865, at the house of Wilmer McLean in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted approximately two and one-half hours and at its conclusion the bloodliest conflict in the nation's history neared its end.)

 

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Battle of Gettysburg

 

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Chappaquiddick incident took place on July 18, 1969 and refers to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne, a female passenger of U.S. Senator Edward M. "Ted" Kennedy when he accidentally drove his car off a bridge and into a tidal channel on Chappaquiddick Island, Massachusetts. Kennedy swam free and left the scene, not reporting within nine hours, but Kopechne died in the vehicle.

 

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Democratic National Convention - Chicago, Ill. 1968 Riot

 

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Easter Sunday

 

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Founding of the United Nations - October 25, 1945

 

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Georgia Becomes a State
Despite being one of the youngest colonies, Georgia was one of the first colonies to become a state. Georgia sent two delegates to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia in September 1787. This meeting produced the document that would establish the new nation. Georgia's two delegates signed the U.S. Constitution. Only a few months later, on January 2, 1788, Georgia ratified-or voted to approve-the Constitution, making Georgia the fourth state of the United States.

 

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Haverford College in Pennsylvania is founded in 1833 by members of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers).

 

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Induction to the Rock & Roll Hall of fame for first female Artist Aretha Franklin 1987

 

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James Madison was elected president

 

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Kennebunkport, Maine was incorporated in 1663.

 

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Louisiana statehood became 18th state

 

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Monitor vs. Merrimack, Battle of the Ironclads. March 8 - 9, 1862

 

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Nevada became a state

 

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Oliver , John Prime Minister of Canada

 

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Petersburg, Virginia Siege began on June 9, 1864 and lasted 292 days.