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International Labor Day
Was There an Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers (LP)
1931 Empire State Building
Building Big (W)
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Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan (LP)
1945—the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin.
Victory and the New Order in Europe (LP)
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1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracy
The New Order for “Greater East Asia” (LP)
Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945 (LP)
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Animals of the Chinese Zodiac (LP)
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2008 The Presidents—an American Experience series on U.S. Presidents begins
American Experience on PBS (W)
Children's Day—S. Korea & Japan
Common Visions, Common Voices (LP)
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Where I Come From (LP)
President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960
American President (W)
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1812—Born—British poet Robert Browning
Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and Dramatic Monologue (LP)
1913—Britain rejects woman's right to vote
Cultural Change (LP)
1915 German sub sinks Lusitania
United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I
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1854—US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to Japan
The World of Haiku (LP)
1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe
Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 (LP)
Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory (LP)
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1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holiday
Picturing First Families (L)
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1940—Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great Britain
How “Grand” and “Allied” was the Grand Alliance? (LP)
1968—Vietnam peace talks began between US & North Vietnam
AskAsia (W)
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Marco Polo Takes a Trip (LP)
Mother's Day
Family and Friendship in Quilts (LP)
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Lions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year (LP)
1934 Dust storm sweeps Great Plains
Dust Bowl Days (L)
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1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New World
Virtual Jamestown (W)
Images of the New World (LP)
Jamestown Changes (LP)
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1935—The Philippines ratifies independence agreement
The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941 (LP)
1804—Lewis & Clark set out for Pacific Coast
On This Day with Lewis and Clark (LP)
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1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy (LP)
KidSpace (W)
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1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachment
American Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W)
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1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education
Ordinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP)
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1896- US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)
The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States (LP)
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On the Road With Marco Polo (LP)
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Hamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy (LP)
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1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in Paris
What Makes a Hero? (L)
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1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP)
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1810 Margaret Fuller born.
I Hear America Singing (W)
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1883 Opening of the Brooklyn Bridge
PBs Brooklyn Bridge (W)
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1803 Born—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Romantic Circles (W)
1961 John F. Kennedy Pledges to Support Space Program
JFK in History:Space Program (W)
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2008—Memorial Day observed
The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage (LP)
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1941 FDR declares unlimited national emergency
The Presidents FDR (W)
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1830 Andrew Jackson signs Indian Removal Act
Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency (W)
1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OH
Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality? (L)
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1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle Ages
Labyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (W)
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1854 President Pierce signs Kansas Nebraska Act
Kansas Nebraska Act of 1854 (L)
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1819 Born—Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: the Sweep of the Universe (LP)
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