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New Year's DaySilversmith PaulRevere's Birthday(1735)

Flagmaker BetsyRoss's Birthday (1752)

Ellis Island Openedfor Immigration (1892)

Science FictionDay

Georgia RatificationDay (1788)

Moon FirstPhotographed (1839)

Euro Debuted (2002)

Author J.R.R.Tolkien's Birthday(1892)

Alaska Named 49thState (1959)

Author JacobGrimm's Birthday(1785)

Inventor LouisBraille's Birthday(1809)

Utah Admission Day(1896)

Nancy PelosiElected First FemaleSpeaker of theHouse (2007)

National Bird Day

X-Ray Discovered(1896)

St. Joan of Arc'sBirthday (1412)

Telegraph FirstDemonstrated (1838)

New Mexico Ratified(1912)

Jupiter's MoonsDiscovered (1610)

Inventor SirSandford Fleming'sBirthday (1827)

U.S. HydrogenBomb Revealed (1953)

Last Battle of Warof 1812 (1815)

Singer ElvisPresley's Birthday(1935)

Clean Off YourDesk Day

Static Electricity Day

ConnecticutRatification Day (1788)

Pres. RichardNixon's Birthday (1913)

Oil Discovered inTexas (1901)

UN GeneralAssembly FirstConvened (1946)

First DiabeticPatient Treated withInsulin (1922)

Amelia Earhart FlewSolo Across Pacific(1935)

Statesman JohnHancock's Birthday(1737)

First Public MuseumOpened in SC (1773)

Hattie Caraway FirstWoman Elected toSenate (1932)

Author JamesJoyce Died (1941)

RevolutionaryWar Ended (1784)

Hat Day

World Religion Day

Martin Luther King'sBirthday (1929)

Martin LutherKing DayOperation DesertStorm Announced(1991)

Jan. 16-20No Name-CallingWeek

Statesman BenFranklin's Birthday(1706)

First Baby Born inWhite House (1806)

Author A.A.Milne's Birthday (1882)

Popcorn Day

Author Edgar AllanPoe's Birthday (1809)

InaugurationDay

World's FirstOrganizedBasketball Game(1892)

Reagan BecameOldest President(1981)

MLK DayCelebrated asFederal Holiday (1986)

Barack ObamaBecame First BlackPresident (2009)

First AtomicSubmarineLaunched (1954)

Vietnam DraftEvaders Pardoned(1977)

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500 RussiansKilled on "BloodySunday" (1905)

Abortion Legalizedin Roe v. Wade (1973)

Handwriting Day

Elizabeth BlackwellBecomes FirstFemale Physician inU.S. (1849)

Compliment Day

California Gold RushBegan (1848)

Author EdithWharton's Birthday(1862)

FirstTranscontinentalPhone Call (1915)

First WinterOlympics (1924)

Australia Day

Michigan AdmissionDay (1837)

ComposerWolfgang AmadeusMozart's Birthday(1756)

Writer LewisCarroll's Birthday(1832)

Vietnam War PeaceAccords Signed (1973)

Chinese NewYearArtist JacksonPollock's Birthday(1912)

Louis BrandeisAppointed FirstJewish SupremeCourt Justice (1916)

Challenger ShuttleExploded (1986)

Puzzle Day

Poe's "The Raven"Published (1845)

Kansas AdmissionDay (1861)

Adolf HitlerNamed GermanChancellor (1933)

"Blue Suede Shoes"Recorded (1956)

Baseball PlayerJackie Robinson'sBirthday (1919)

Eye Care MonthHot Tea Month

Oatmeal MonthThank-You Month

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National FreedomDay

Robinson CrusoeDay

Columbia SpaceShuttle Disaster (2003)

Groundhog DayGirls & Women inSports Day

World Wetlands Day

Mexican-AmericanWar Ended (1848)

15th AmendmentSigned (BlackAmericans Right toVote) (1868)

World CancerDay

First U.S.Presidential Election(1789)

ConfederacyFormed (1861)

Activist RosaParks's Birthday (1913)

NationalWeatherperson'sDay

Super Bowl Sunday

Baseball PlayerHank Aaron'sBirthday (1934)

Baseball PlayerBabe Ruth'sBirthday (1895)

Queen Elizabeth IICrowned (1952)

Feb. 6-10School CounselingWeek

Love Your RobotDay

Author CharlesDickens's Birthday(1812)

Tattooing MachineIntroduced (1875)

Author JulesVerne's Birthday (1828)

Russo-JapaneseWar Began (1904)

NASDAQ Debuted(1971)

Toothache Day

National WeatherService Established(1870)

Hershey's®Chocolate Founded(1894)

Umbrella Day

Treaty of ParisSigned EndingFrench and IndianWar (1763)

SteamboatPatented (1809)

Inventor ThomasEdison's Birthday(1847)

First WeeklyWeather Report (1878)

Nelson MandelaFreed (1990)

Red Hand Day

Naturalist CharlesDarwin's Birthday(1809)

Pres. AbrahamLincoln's Birthday(1809)

NAACP Founded(1909)

First PublicSchool Founded inU.S. (1635)

Strauss's BlueDanube Premiered(1867)

Valentine's DayRead to Your ChildDay

Oregon AdmissionDay (1859)

Arizona AdmissionDay (1912)

Susan B.Anthony Day

Scientist GalileoGalilei's Birthday(1564)

Muhammad Ali LostBoxing Title (1978)

World ReadAloud Day

King Tutankhamen'sTomb Opened (1923)

Nylon Patented (1937)

Fidel CastroBecame Leader ofCuba (1959)

National PTAFounders Day

Last Classic VWBeetle Assembled(1972)

The Adventuresof Huckleberry FinnPublished (1885)

Pluto Discovered(1930)

AstronomerNicolausCopernicus'sBirthday (1473)

FDR AuthorizedJapaneseInternment (1942)

Presidents' DayMetropolitanMuseum of ArtOpened in NYC (1872)

"Batman & Robin"Comic Debuted (1944)

InternationalMother LanguageDay

Peace SymbolDesigned (1958)

Malcolm XAssassinated (1965)

World ThinkingDay

Pres. GeorgeWashington'sBirthday (1732)

Spain Ceded Floridato the U.S. (1819)

Santa AnnaBegan Siege of theAlamo (1836)

The Tootsie RollDebuted (1896)

Author WilhelmCarl Grimm'sBirthday (1786)

First Uranus "Flyby"by Voyager 2 (1986)

Maha Shivratri

First African-American Elected toU.S. Senate (1870)

Glacier Bay (Alaska)Proclaimed aNational Monument

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U.S. Marines WentAshore at Iwo Jima(1945)

Woolworth OpenedFirst "Five CentStore" (1879)

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Tell a Fairy TaleDay

Author Victor Hugo'sBirthday (1802)

Grand CanyonNational ParkEstablished (1919)

Feb. 26-Mar.4Eating DisordersAwareness Week

Polar Bear Day

15th RecordedPassage of Halley'sComet (837)

Poet H.W.Longfellow'sBirthday (1807)

Mardi GrasDNA Discovered(1953)

Computer CoreMemory Patented(1956)

American Heart MonthBird Feeding MonthBlack History MonthChildren's Dental Health Month

Library Lovers' MonthNational Cherry MonthNational Heart Month

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Self-InjuryAwareness Day

First CensusAuthorized (1790)

Nebraska AdmissionDay (1867)

Peace CorpsEstablished (1961)

Read AcrossAmerica Day

Texas DeclaredIndependence fromMexico (1836)

Dr. Seuss's Birthday(1904)

Florida AdmissionDay (1845)

Inventor AlexanderGraham Bell'sBirthday (1847)

"Star-SpangledBanner" BecameNational Anthem(1931)

U.S. ConstitutionWent into Effect (1789)

Vermont AdmissionDay (1791)

Mar. 4-11World Orphan Week

Boston Massacre(1770)

Stapler Invented (1868)

Mar. 5-11Teen Tech Week

ArtistMichelangelo'sBirthday (1475)

"Cyclops"Disappeared inBermuda Triangle(1918)

Mar. 6-10National SchoolBreakfast Week

Hitler BrokeTreaty of Versailles(1936)

Civil Rights ProtestDubbed "BloodySunday" (1965)

InternationalWomen's DayHubble PhotoShows Millions ofGalaxies (1934)

U.S. Combat TroopsArrived in Vietnam(1965)

World Kidney Day

Amistad SlavesFreed (1841)

Jumbo Arrived inU.S. (1882)

Barbie Debuted (1959)

Harriet TubmanDay

First Phone Call (1876)

JohnnyAppleseed Day

Terrorist Bombing inMadrid Killed 200(2004)

Great East JapanEarthquake (2011)

DaylightSaving TimeBeginsWriter JackKerouac's Birthday(1922)

Truman DoctrineEnacted (1947)

Janet Reno MadeU.S. AttorneyGeneral (1993)

UranusDiscovered (1781)

Pres. AndrewJohnson'sImpeachment TrialBegan (1868)

Teaching EvolutionProhibited in Tenn.Schools (1925)

Mar. 13-19Brain AwarenessWeek

Pi Day

Eli WhitneyPatented Cotton Gin(1793)

Physicist AlbertEinstein's Birthday(1879)

Julius CaesarMurdered—"Ides ofMarch" (44 BC)

Maine AdmissionDay (1820)

First Blood BankOpened (1937)

Pres. JamesMadison's Birthday(1751)

Barnum & BaileyCircus Debuted (1919)

St. Patrick'sDay

Britain Repealedthe Stamp Act (1766)

First Space Walk(1965)

AcademyAwards FirstTelevised (1953)

Iraq War Began (2003)

Spring BeginsAgriculture Day

Uncle Tom's CabinPublished (1852)

International Dayfor Elimination ofRacialDiscrimination

World WaterDay

Hale-Bopp CometApproached Earth(1997)

WorldMeteorological Day

Ponce de LeonDiscovered &

Magician HarryHoudini's Birthday(1874)

Exxon Valdez OilSpill (1989)

MeteoriteExploded inWisconsin (1865)

Fire at Triangle

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Mar. 19-25Poison PreventionWeek

World Poetry Day

Composer JohannBach's Birthday (1685)

Named Florida (1513)

Lewis & ClarkBegan Expedition(1806)

Near Miss Day (1989)

Shirtwaist Co. Killed145 (1911)

North America'sFirst Test TubeTwins Born (1982)

Make Your OwnHoliday Day

PlaywrightTennesseeWilliams's Birthday(1911)

Justice Sandra DayO'Connor's Birthday(1930)

World TheatreDay

First WashingMachine Patented(1930)

Spanish Civil WarEnded (1939)

Coca-ColaInvented (1886)

Rosenbergs FoundGuilty of Treason(1951)

Last U.S. TroopsLeft South Vietnam(1973)

Artist VincentVan Gogh's Birthday(1853)

Treaty to PurchaseAlaska Submitted(1867)

Eiffel TowerOfficially Opened(1889)

Major LeagueBaseball StrikeEnded (1995)

Deaf History Month (3/13-4/15)Irish-American Heritage MonthMusic in Our Schools MonthNational Craft Month

National Nutrition MonthSave Your Vision MonthWomen's History MonthYouth Art Month

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April Fool's DayCigarette AdsBanned from Radio& TV (1970)

Apple ComputerFounded (1976)

InternationalChildren's Book Day

World AutismAwareness Day

Philadelphia MintAuthorized (1792)

Author HansChristian Andersen'sBirthday (1805)

First PonyExpress Service (1860)

Scientist JaneGoodall's Birthday(1934)

Pres. William H.Harrison Died (1841)

NATO Created (1949)

Martin Luther KingJr. Assassinated(1968)

Microsoft Founded(1975)

PocahontasMarried John Rolfe(1614)

Educator Booker T.Washington'sBirthday (1856)

Helen Keller FirstLearned SignLanguage (1887)

Tartan Day

First ModernOlympics (1896)

North Pole FirstReached (1909)

U.S. Entered WWI(1917)

U.N. World HealthDay

5,000 SuffragistsMarched onWashington (1913)

Singer BillieHoliday's Birthday(1915)

17th AmendmentRatified (Election ofSenators) (1913)

Name YourselfDay

Civil War Ended (1865)

First Full-Color FilmShown (1914)

Apr. 9-15Library Week

PassoverBegins atSundownEncourage a YoungWriter Day

Publisher JosephPulitzer's Birthday(1847)

EinsteinRevealed Theory ofRelativity (1905)

1968 Civil Rights ActSigned (1968)

Civil War Began(1861)

First Man in Space(1961)

Pres. ThomasJefferson's Birthday(1743)

Oxygen Tank Burston Apollo 13 (1970)

Webster's FirstDictionaryCopyrighted (1828)

Abraham LincolnAssassinated (1865)

The Titanic HitIceberg (1912)

Jackie RobinsonDay

Artist Leonardo daVinci's Birthday (1452)

Boston MarathonTerrorist Attack (2013)

EasterInventor WilburWright's Birthday(1867)

Ice Hockey PlayerWayne GretzkyRetired (1999)

Daffy DuckDebuted (1937)

Ford MustangDebuted (1964)

Paul Revere Day AmericanRevolution Began(1775)

Oklahoma CityBombing Killed 168(1995)

First GamePlayed at FenwayPark (1912)

Columbine HighSchool ShootingKilled 15 (1999)

Gulf of Mexico OilSpill (2010)

City of RomeFounded (753 BC)

Earth DayJelly Bean Day

First Earth DayObserved (1970)

World Book &Copyright Day

HolocaustRemembrance Day

First Use ofName "America" (1507)

John WilkesBooth Killed (1865)

Take OurDaughters & Sons to

Pres. JamesMonroe's Birthday

InternationalDance Day

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Playwright WilliamShakespeare'sBirthday (1564)

YouTube Launched(2005)

Apr. 23-29Volunteer Week

Begins atSundownLibrary of CongressEstablished (1800)

Mailbox InventorBorn (1815)

First License PlatesRequired (1901)

Singer EllaFitzgerald's Birthday(1917)

Studio 54 DiscoOpened (1977)

Chernobyl NuclearReactor Disaster(1986)

Work Day

Tell a Story Day

York Captured byU.S. (1813)

Activist CorettaScott King's Birthday(1927)

(1758)

Maryland AdmissionDay (1788)

Zipper Patented (1842)

Musician DukeEllington's Birthday(1899)

Prince WilliamMarried KateMiddleton (2011)

InternationalJazz Day

Louisiana AdmissionDay (1812)

Vietnam War Ended(1975)

Alcohol & Drug Awareness MonthAnimal Cruelty Prevention MonthAutism Awareness MonthDeaf History Month (3/13-4/15)Keep America Beautiful MonthMathematics Education Month

National Garden MonthNational Poetry MonthSchool Library MonthWorld Habitat Awareness MonthYouth Sports Safety Month

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May Day

Empire StateBuilding Opened(1931)

May 1-7Children's BookWeek

Screen-Free WeekMay 1-5TeacherAppreciation Week

National TeacherDay

World Asthma Day

Soviet UnionAnnounced Fall ofBerlin (1945)

Nelson MandelaElected President ofSouth Africa (1994)

Osama Bin LadenKilled (2011)

NationalScrapbooking Day

World PressFreedom Day

InternationalFirefighters Day

Freedom Riders LeftD.C. for NewOrleans (1961)

Cinco de Mayo(Mexico)John ScopesArrested forTeaching Darwinism(1926)

First American inSpace (1961)

International NoDiet Day

PsychiatristSigmund Freud'sBirthday (1856)

Hindenburg Disaster(1937)

Composer PeterTchaikovsky'sBirthday (1840)

Lusitania Sunk (1915)

May 7-14National MusicWeek

World Red CrossDay

Pres. Harry S.Truman's Birthday(1884)

VE Day (1945)

Abolitionist JohnBrown's Birthday(1800)

Beatles Signed FirstRecording Contract(1962)

School NurseDay

FirstTranscontinentalRailway Completed(1869)

Nelson MandelaBecame SouthAfrica's President(1994)

MinnesotaAdmission Day (1858)

Sports Writer MikeLupica's Birthday(1952)

Kite Day

Nurse FlorenceNightingale'sBirthday (1820)

Pres. Jimmy CarterVisited Cuba (2002)

Lag BaOmer(Jewish Festival)Begins at Sundown

World Fair TradeDay

U.S. Declared Waron Mexico (1846)

Mother's DayLewis and ClarkExpedition Began(1803)

First OlympicGames Held in U.S.(1904)

First U.S. SpaceStation Launched(1973)

May 14-20National PreventionWeek

Police Week

International Dayof Families

U.S. Dept. ofAgriculture Created(1862)

First Air Mail RouteEstablished in U.S.(1918)

Biographers Day

First U.S. NickelMinted (1866)

International DayAgainstHomophobia

New York StockExchangeEstablished (1792)

Supreme CourtRuled on Brown v.Board of Education(1954)

InternationalMuseum Day

Pope John Paul II'sBirthday (1920)

Mount St. HelensErupted (1980)

New EnglandConfederationFormed (1643)

Armed ForcesDay

First Lady DolleyMadison's Birthday(1768)

Charles LindberghBegan TransatlanticFlight (1927)

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TransportationWeek

American RedCross Established(1881)

Amelia Earhart FlewSolo Across theAtlantic (1932)

First HydrogenBomb Dropped byAir (1956)

Buy a MusicalInstrument Day

International Day forBiological Diversity

Pres. NixonGoodwill Trip toUSSR (1972)

Botanist CarolusLinnaeus's Birthday(1707)

South CarolinaAdmission Day (1788)

Wright BrothersPatented the Aircraft(1906)

First TelegraphMessageTransmitted (1844)

Brooklyn BridgeOpened (1883)

Israeli Occupation ofLebanon Ended (2000)

Ascension Day(Christian FeastDay)

International MissingChildren's Day

Fork Debuted inU.S. (1630)

Jesse Owens BrokeThree WorldRecords (1935)

RamadanBegins

PhotographerDorothea Lange'sBirthday (1895)

Astronaut SallyRide's Birthday (1951)

First RecordedWitch Execution (1647)

St. PetersburgFounded (1703)

EnvironmentalistRachel Carson'sBirthday (1907)

Golden Gate BridgeOpened (1937)

Athlete JimThorpe's Birthday(1888)

Sierra ClubFounded (1892)

Linda FinchCompleted Earhart'sFlight Around theWorld (1997)

Memorial DayRhode IslandAdmission Day (1790)

WisconsinAdmission Day (1848)

Hillary and TenzingReached Mt.Everest Summit (1953)

Shavuot (JewishFestival) Begins atSundown

Indianapolis 500Debuted (1911)

Lincoln MemorialDedicated (1927)

World NoTobacco Day

First U.S. CopyrightLaw Enacted (1790)

South AfricaBecameIndependent (1961)

Asian-Pacific-American Heritage MonthAsthma & Allergy Awareness MonthBetter Hearing and Speech MonthClean Air MonthGet Caught Reading MonthHealthy Vision MonthInventors Month

Mental Health MonthNational Bike MonthNational Water Safety MonthPhysical Fitness & Sports MonthSkin Cancer Awareness MonthTransportation Month

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Stand for ChildrenDay

Kentucky AdmissionDay (1792)

TennesseeAdmission Day (1796)

CNN Debuted (1980)

Radio Patented(1896)

American IndiansGranted U.S.Citizenship (1924)

USDA IntroducesMyPlate NutritionGuidelines (2011)

First U.S. SpaceWalk (1965)

Tiananmen SquareDemonstrations (1989)

First SupermarketCart Introduced (1937)

U.N. WorldEnvironment Day

Robert F. KennedyAssassinated (1968)

First AIDS ReportPublished (1981)

First Drive-InMovie TheaterOpened (1933)

D-Day (1944)

Homer PlessyBroke SegregationLaws, Leading toPlessy v. Ferguson("Seperate butEqual") (1892)

World OceansDay

Hong KongLeased to UK for 99Years (1898)

AlcoholicsAnonymousFounded (1935)

Ballpoint PenPatented (1943)

Great BarrierReef Discovered(1770)

OceanographerJacques Cousteau'sBirthday (1910)

Diary Day

Pres. George H. W.Bush's Birthday (1924)

Anne Frank'sBirthday (1929)

Poet WilliamButler Yeats'sBirthday (1865)

Presidents of North& South Korea Met(2000)

Flag DayOfficial U.S. FlagAdopted (1777)

First CommercialComputerIntroduced (1951)

ArkansasAdmission Day (1836)

Oregon BoundaryTreaty Signed (1846)

ValentinaTereshkova FirstWoman in Space(1963)

Artist M.C.Escher's Birthday(1898)

Republic of IcelandEstablished (1944)

Father's DayWar of 1812 Began(1812)

Napoleon Defeatedat Battle of Waterloo(1815)

Sally Ride FirstAmerican Woman inSpace (1983)

First OfficialGame of Baseball(1846)

Juneteenth(Liberation ofSlaves) (1865)

World RefugeeDay

West VirginiaAdmission Day (1863)

SummerBeginsNew HampshireAdmission Day (1788)

WNBA Debuted (1997)

Explorer GeorgeVancouver'sBirthday (1757)

Pledge of AllegianceRecognized byCongress (1942)

First TypewriterPatented (1868)

Athlete WilmaRudolph's Birthday(1940)

Supreme CourtJustice ClarenceThomas's Birthday(1948)

Term "FlyingSaucers" First Used(1947)

General CusterDied at LittleBighorn (1876)

Bicycle Patented(1819)

Inventor of theThermometer Born

Activist HelenKeller's Birthday (1880)

First Newbery Medal (1922)

Paul BunyanDay

Shakespeare'sTheater Destroyedby Fire (1613)

Meteor Day

26th AmendmentChanged Voting Age

(1971)

Author GeorgeOrwell's Birthday(1903)

Author Eric Carle'sBirthday (1929)

First Color TVBroadcast (1951)

(1824)

First Map of HumanGenome Completed(2000)

Supreme CourtRules Same-SexMarriage Legal (2015)

AwardedRemote ControlIntroduced (1964)

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Child Vision Awareness MonthDairy MonthFireworks Safety MonthGLBT Book MonthLGBT Pride Month

National Rivers MonthNational Rose MonthSafety MonthSmile Month

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Battle ofGettysburg (1863)

Canada Day (1867)

First U.S. ZooOpened (1874)

ZIP CodesIntroduced (1963)

Pres. JamesGarfield Shot (1881)

Aviator AmeliaEarhartDisappeared (1937)

Civil Rights Act of1964 Became Law(1964)

Compliment YourMirror Day

Stay Out of the SunDay

Idaho AdmissionDay (1890)

U.S. VeteransAdministrationCreated (1930)

IndependenceDay (1776)

Thoreau Moved toWalden Pond (1845)

Statue of LibertyPresented (1884)

P. T. Barnum'sBirthday (1810)

Larry Doby Signedwith ClevelandIndians (1946)

First Cloned Sheep(Dolly) Born (1996)

Republican PartyFormed (1854)

Pres. George W.Bush's Birthday (1946)

PinocchioPublished (1883)

Hawaii Annexed byU.S. (1898)

London TerroristBombing (2005)

First PublicReading ofDeclaration ofIndependence (1776)

Vermont AbolishedSlavery (1777)

Sugar CookieDay

Don't Step on aBee Day

Wyoming AdmissionDay (1890)

WorldPopulation Day

Pres. John QuincyAdams's Birthday(1767)

Babe Ruth Debutedin Major LeagueBaseball (1914)

Author PatriciaPolacco's Birthday(1944)

Etch-a-SketchIntroduced (1960)

Geraldine FerraroNamed First FemaleVice-PresidentialCandidate (1984)

First World CupSoccer Tournament(1930)

25-hour Blackout inNew York City (1977)

Bastille Day inFrance (1789)

Nazis Became SolePolitical Party inGermany (1933)

$100 Bill BecameLargest U.S.Currency (1969)

Howard HughesSet New SpeedRecord (1938)

First InternationalManned Spaceflight(1975)

National IceCream Day

District of ColumbiaEstablished (1790)

Last Russian CzarExecuted (1918)

PotsdamConference (1945)

Disneyland Opened(1955)

Mein KampfPublished (1925)

Gymnast NadiaComaneci ScoredFirst Perfect 10 (1976)

First Women'sRights ConventionHeld (1848)

First East to WestRowing of theAtlantic (1969)

First SpecialOlympics (1968)

First Moon Landing(1969)

Author ErnestHemingway'sBirthday (1899)

Scopes FoundGuilty in "MonkeyTrial" (1925)

Pied PiperArrived in Hamelin(1264)

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First Parking Meters(1935)

Stateswoman JanetReno's Birthday (1938)

Parents' Day

Pneumatic TiresInvented (1888)

Hale-Bopp CometDiscovered (1995)

Apollo 11Astronauts SafelyReturn to Earth (1969)

Puerto RicoBecame U.S.Commonwealth (1952)

First Test-TubeBaby Born (1978)

New YorkAdmission Day (1788)

Liberia BecameAfrica's FirstRepublic (1847)

FBI Created (1908)

Hillary R. ClintonNamed First FemalePresidentialNominee (2016)

Korean WarVeterans' ArmisticeDay

Bugs BunnyDebuted (1940)

Bombing at OlympicGames in Atlanta(1996)

Author BeatrixPotter's Birthday (1866)

14th AmendmentRatified (CitizenshipRights) (1868)

World War I Began(1914)

Author SharonCreech's Birthday(1945)

NASA Established(1958)

Prince CharlesMarried Lady DianaSpencer (1981)

Author EmilyBrontë's Birthday(1818)

Industrialist HenryFord's Birthday (1863)

In God We TrustMade U.S. Motto(1956)

ColumbusArrived in Trinidad(1498)

Author J.K.Rowling's Birthday(1965)

Blueberries MonthHot Dog Month

Read an Almanac MonthRecreation and Parks Month

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ColoradoAdmission Day (1876)

Ice CreamSandwich Day

Declaration ofIndependenceSigned (1776)

First U.S. Census:Population3,929,214 (1790)

Lincoln PennyIssued (1909)

National Kids Day

Columbus Set Sail(1492)

William FaulknerStamp Issued (1987)

Musician LouisArmstrong's Birthday(1901)

Nazis Arrested AnneFrank & Family (1944)

President BarackObama's Birthday(1961)

Electric TrafficLights First Installed(1914)

Astronaut NeilArmstrong's Birthday(1930)

Friendship Day

BacteriologistAlexander Fleming'sBirthday (1881)

Atomic BombDropped onHiroshima (1945)

Sonia SotomayorConfirmed as FirstHispanic SupremeCourt Justice (2009)

First Pictures ofEarth Taken fromSpace (1959)

Lynne Cox SwamBering Strait (1987)

Great TrainRobbery ThievesStole $6M (1963)

First CanadianTurtle Derby (1972)

Pres. NixonAnnouncedResignation (1974)

International ArtAppreciation Day

Psychologist JeanPiaget's Birthday(1896)

Jesse Owens WonFour Olympic GoldMedals (1936)

SmithsonianInstitution Opened(1846)

JapaneseInternment SurvivorsAwarded $20K (1988)

Ruth BaderGinsburg JoinedSupreme Court (1993)

Martian MoonPhobos Discovered(1677)

First Inmates Arrivedat Alcatraz (1934)

InternationalYouth Day

Tyrannosaurus SueDiscovered (1990)

InternationalLeft-Hander's Day

Activist Lucy Stone'sBirthday (1818)

First Two-WaySatelliteConversation (1948)

China AnnouncedCultural Revolution(1966)

Japan Agreed toSurrender in WWII(1945)

Largest Blackout inU.S. History (2003)

Chef JuliaChild's Birthday (1912)

Panama CanalOpened (1914)

Woodstock Music &Art Fair Opened (1969)

New Solar SystemDiscovered (2001)

BathysphereReached RecordDepth (1934)

Folk Hero DavyCrockett's Birthday(1786)

Klondike Gold RushBegan (1896)

First AmericanChild of EnglishParents Born (1587)

Explorer MeriwetherLewis's Birthday (1774)

19th AmendmentRatified (Women'sRight to Vote) (1920)

King KongPremiered (1933)

Aviation Day

Adolf Hitler ElectedFuhrer (1934)

Pres. Bill Clinton'sBirthday (1946)

Pres. BenjaminHarrison's Birthday(1833)

Lincoln-DouglasDebates Began (1858)

Tooth Fairy Day

Writer Annie

International Dayfor Remembrance ofSlave Trade & Its

Mount VesuviusErupted (79)

New OrleansFounded by French(1718)

Women'sEquality Day

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Mona Lisa Stolen(1911)

Hawaii StatehoodDay (1959)

Proulx's Birthday(1935)

Abolition

Sacco & VanzettiExecuted AmidProtest (1927)

Mexico GainedIndependence fromSpain (1821)

First SwimmerCrossed the EnglishChannel (1875)

Athlete AltheaGibson's Birthday(1927)

Earth FirstPhotographed fromthe Moon (1966)

Pres. Lyndon B.Johnson's Birthday(1908)

First RadioCommercialBroadcasted (1922)

MLK Gave "I Have aDream" Speech (1963)

Musician CharlieParker's Birthday(1920)

Hurricane KatrinaDevastated GulfCoast (2005)

CleopatraCommitted Suicide(30 BC)

Author MaryShelley's Birthday(1797)

Thurgood MarshallConfirmed as FirstBlack SupremeCourt Justice (1967)

InternationalBlog Day

Trail Mix Day

Princess Diana Died(1997)

Back to School MonthFamily Fun MonthGet Ready for Kindergarten Month

Happiness Happens MonthKids' Vision and Learning Month

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Germany InvadedPoland, StartingWWII (1939)

Titanic WreckageLocated (1985)

Great Fire ofLondon (1666)

Pres. TheodoreRoosevelt: "SpeakSoftly & Carry a BigStick" (1901)

Victory over Japan(V-J) Day (1945)

Treaty of ParisEnded AmericanRevolution (1783)

Wizard of OzPublished (1900)

First Pictures Takenof Mars's Surface(1976)

Labor DayLos AngelesFounded (1781)

Little Rock 9Prevented fromIntegrating (1957)

Be Late forSomething Day

Tragedy at MunichSummer Olympics(1972)

Mother Teresa Died(1997)

Pres. WilliamMcKinley Shot (1901)

Yellow Star of DavidRequired for AllGerman Jews (1941)

Star Trek Debutedon TV (1966)

Babe Ruth HitFirst Home Run (1915)

Singer Buddy Holly'sBirthday (1936)

InternationalLiteracy Day

Name "UnitedStates of America"Adopted (1776)

California AdmissionDay (1850)

GrandparentsDayRickshaw Invented(1869)

20 Black StudentsEntered AlabamaPublic School (1963)

Sep. 10-16Suicide PreventionWeek

Patriot DayWriter O. Henry'sBirthday (1862)

Tragic TerroristAttack on ThreeAmerican Cities (2001)

Henry HudsonBegan Explorationof Hudson River (1609)

First African-American Woman inSpace (1992)

InternationalChocolate Day

Confectioner MiltonHershey's Birthday(1857)

Author Roald Dahl'sBirthday (1916)

Star-SpangledBanner Composed(1814)

Psychologist IvanPavlov's Birthday(1849)

First PeacetimeDraft EstablishedPre-WWII (1940)

Author AgathaChristie's Birthday(1890)

Alexander FlemingDiscovered Penicillin(1928)

Nuremberg LawEnacted in Germany(1935)

International Dayfor Preservation ofOzone Layer

Stepfamily Day

MexicanIndependence Day(1810)

General MotorsFounded (1908)

U.S. ConstitutionCompleted & Signed(1787)

23,000 Killed atBattle of Antietam(1862)

Sep. 17-23Constitution Week

Play-Doh® Day

Fugitive Slave ActPassed (1850)

The New YorkTimes FirstPublished (1851)

Mickey Mouse (1928)

Talk Like aPirate Day

RoshHashanah Beginsat SundownAuthor UptonSinclair's Birthday(1878)

Pres. Chester A.Arthur Inaugurated(1881)

International Dayof Peace

"Yes, Virginia, thereis a Santa Claus"Editorial Published(1897)

The Hobbit WasPublished (1937)

Autumn BeginsElephantAppreciation Day

EmancipationProclamation Issued(1862)

Iran-Iraq War Began(1980)

NeptuneDiscovered (1846)

Sep. 23-29Banned BooksWeek

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DebutedAuthor StephenKing's Birthday (1947)

Author F. ScottFitzgerald's Birthday(1896)

Bill of RightsCreated (1789)

Sandra DayO'Connor BecameFirst FemaleSupreme CourtJustice (1981)

JohnnyAppleseed'sBirthday (1774)

First TelevisedPresidential Debate(1960)

AncestorAppreciation Day

Statesman SamuelAdams's Birthday(1722)

First SkyscraperOpened in NYC (1932)

Tomatoes FirstProven Safe to Eat(1820)

Black Sox ScandalIndictments Given(1920)

Yom KippurBegins atSundownScientist LouisPasteur Died (1895)

InternationalTranslation Day

Nuremberg TrialsFound 22 Guilty (1946)

Be Kind to Editors & Writers MonthBetter Breakfast MonthChildhood Obesity Awareness MonthClassical Music MonthHispanic Heritage Month (9/15-10/15)Hunger Action Month

Kids' Good Manners MonthLibrary Card Sign-Up MonthNational Chicken MonthNational Piano MonthNational Sickle Cell Month

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Spain CededLouisiana to France(1800)

Henry FordIntroduced theModel T (1908)

Pres. JimmyCarter's Birthday(1924)

Child Health Day

Leader MohandasGandhi's Birthday(1869)

Peanuts Comic StripDebuted (1950)

Frank RobinsonBecame First BlackBaseball Manager(1974)

East and WestGermany United (1990)

Sputnik ILaunched into Orbit(1957)

Oct. 4-10World Space Week

World Teacher'sDay

Thomas EdisonShowed First MotionPicture (1889)

Carbon PaperPatented (1806)

Physicist NielsBohr's Birthday (1885)

Great Fire ofChicago Started (1871)

Oct. 8-14Earth Science Week

Fire PreventionWeek

Teen Read Week

Columbus DayLeif Erikson Day

WashingtonMonument Opened(1888)

Oct. 9-15Metric Week

IndigenousPeoples' Day

U.S. Naval AcademyOpened in MD (1845)

King Tut's TreasuresDiscovered (1924)

International Dayof the Girl

First Lady EleanorRoosevelt's Birthday(1884)

First Staffed ApolloMission Launched(1968)

ColumbusLanded in Bahamas(1492)

USS Cole Attacked(2000)

Cornerstone ofWhite House Laid(1792)

Battle ofHastings Fought (1066)

Martin Luther KingJr. Awarded NobelPeace Prize (1964)

White CaneSafety Day

U.S. Dept. ofTransportationCreated (1966)

Nelson MandelaAwarded NobelPeace Prize (1993)

Dictionary Day

World Food Day

Cuban Missile CrisisBegan (1962)

Oct. 16-20School Bus SafetyWeek

Black PoetryDay

International Day forthe Eradication ofPoverty

Astronaut Dr. MaeJemison's Birthday(1956)

Mother TeresaAwarded NobelPeace Prize (1979)

AlaskaPurchased fromRussia (1867)

Black OlympiansSuspended forProtest (1968)

Last Major Battleof AmericanRevolution Ended(1781)

Largest Mass ofGold Discovered(1872)

Senate RatifiedLouisiana Purchase(1803)

Apple Day

Chemist AlfredNobel's Birthday (1833)

Thomas EdisonInvented Light bulb(1879)

First ParachuteJump from Balloon(1797)

Oct. 22-28Chemistry Week

Women'sSuffrage March,NYC (1915)

Soccer Star Pelé'sBirthday (1940)

Apple's iPodUnveiled (2006)

United NationsDay

Artist PabloPicasso's Birthday(1881)

Microwave OvenDebuted (1955)

John SteinbeckAwarded Nobel

First ContinentalCongress Adjourned(1774)

Stateswoman HillaryRodham Clinton'sBirthday (1947)

Two Gray Whales

Navy Day

Pres. TheodoreRoosevelt's Birthday(1858)

First NYC SubwayOpened (1904)

Make aDifference Day

Statue of LibertyDedicated (1886)

National ProhibitionAct Passed (1919)

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Prize in Literature(1962)

U.S. InvadedGrenada (1983)

Freed from Ice (1966) Nylon FabricDebuted (1938)

First Oscar Night(1929)

"Black Tuesday":Stock MarketCrashed (1929)

NationalOrganization forWomen Founded(1966)

Pres. JohnAdams's Birthday(1735)

Poet Ezra Pound'sBirthday (1885)

War of the WorldsBroadcast (1938)

HalloweenNevada Day (1864)

Mt. RushmoreCompleted (1941)

Bullying Prevention MonthComputer Learning MonthDiversity Awareness MonthEnergy Awareness MonthFamily Health MonthFamily History MonthFilipino-American History Month

Fire Prevention MonthInternational Dinosaur MonthLearning Disabilities MonthSchool Safety MonthStamp Collecting MonthYouth Against Tobacco Month

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Day of the DeadStamp Act in Effect(1765)

North & SouthDakota AdmissionDay (1889)

Harry TrumanElected President(1948)

Jimmy CarterElected President(1976)

NationalSandwich Day

First Dog OrbitedEarth (1957)

First Black FemaleSenator Elected (1992)

First CashRegister Patented(1880)

King Tut's TombDiscovered (1922)

90 Americans TakenHostage in Iran (1979)

Daylight SavingTime Ends

First AutomobilePatented (1885)

Abraham LincolnElected President(1860)

Jefferson DavisElected President ofConfederacy (1861)

First IntercollegiateSoccer Match (1869)

Election Day

Scientist MarieCurie's Birthday (1867)

FDR Won FourthPresidential Term(1944)

Douglas Wilder FirstBlack Governor (VA)Elected (1989)

Nov. 7-13Dear Santa LetterWeek

NationalSTEM/STEAM Day

Montana AdmissionDay (1889)

Grover ClevelandElected President(1892)

John F. KennedyElected President(1960)

AstronomerBenjaminBanneker's Birthday(1731)

Kristallnacht Began(1938)

Berlin Wall Opened(1989)

Sesame StreetPremiered on PBS(1969)

Great Wall of ChinaOpened for WorldTourism (1970)

Vietnam VeteransMemorial Opened inWashington, DC (1982)

Veterans DayPilgrims SignedMayflower Compact(1620)

ActivistElizabeth C.Stanton's Birthday(1815)

Joseph StalinBecame Ruler ofSoviet Union (1927)

World War II Battleof GuadalcanalBegan (1942)

Nov. 12-18GeographyAwareness Week

World KindnessDay

Laws forSegregation onBuses Ended (1956)

Paris TerroristAttacks (2015)

Nov. 13-17American EducationWeek

World DiabetesDay

Artist ClaudeMonet's Birthday(1840)

Nov. 14-20TransgenderAwareness Week

AmericaRecycles Day

Articles ofConfederationApproved (1777)

Largest War ProtestEver (1969)

International Dayfor Tolerance

OklahomaStatehood Day (1889)

Oodaaq IslandDiscovered (1978)

HomemadeBread Day

Take a Hike Day

Queen Elizabeth IAscended Throne(1558)

Suez Canal Openedin Egypt (1869)

NationalAdoption Day

William Tell Shot theApple (1307)

Lincoln's Universal Writer Voltaire's Mount St. Thanksgiving Buy Nothing Day Athlete Joe

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Gettysburg Address(1863)

Children's Day

New Jersey First toRatify Bill of Rights(1789)

Astronomer EdwinHubble's Birthday(1889)

Birthday (1694)

First Hot-Air BalloonFlight (1763)

North CarolinaStatehood Day (1789)

Helens Erupted (1842)

JFK Assassinated(1963)

Cashew Day

Zoom LensPatented (1948)

National Day ofListening

Native AmericanHeritage Day

Pres. ZacharyTaylor's Birthday(1784)

Darwin's Origin ofthe SpeciesPublished (1859)

Jack Ruby Shot LeeHarvey Oswald (1963)

DiMaggio's Birthday(1914)

FirstThanksgiving Day(1789)

Cartoonist CharlesSchulz's Birthday(1922)

AstronomerAnders Celsius'sBirthday (1701)

Nobel PrizeEstablished (1895)

FerdinandMagellan Passedthrough MagellanStrait (1520)

Ka Lahui(Independence Day,Hawaii) (1843)

Author LouisaMay Alcott'sBirthday (1832)

Jewish HomelandEstablished inPalestine (1947)

Author MarkTwain's Birthday (1835)

Politician WinstonChurchill's Birthday(1874)

Aviation History MonthChild Safety and Prevention MonthDiabetes Month

International Drum MonthNative American Heritage MonthPeanut Butter Lovers' Month

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World AIDS Day

Writer JamesBaldwin's Birthday(1924)

Rosa Parks Arrested(1955)

International Dayfor the Abolition ofSlavery

Special EducationDay

EnvironmentalProtection AgencyEstablished (1970)

First Artificial HeartTransplant (1982)

International Dayof Persons withDisabilities

Illinois AdmissionDay (1818)

First Human HeartTransplant (1967)

Dec. 3-9HandwashingAwareness Week

National CookieDay

National Dice Day

James MonroeElected President(1816)

Game of "Monopoly"Debuted (1935)

Dec. 4-10Computer ScienceEducation Week

InternationalVolunteer Day

Pres. Martin VanBuren's Birthday (1789)

Feast of St.Nicholas

13th AmendmentRatified, AbolishingSlavery (1865)

WashingtonMonumentCompleted (1884)

Delaware RatifiedU.S. Constitution(1786)

Japanese AttackedPearl Harbor (1941)

Inventor EliWhitney's Birthday(1765)

U.S. Entered WWII(1941)

Musician JohnLennon Murdered(1980)

Poet JohnMilton's Birthday (1608)

Roller SkatesPatented (1884)

Dewey DecimalSystem Day

Human Rights Day

MississippiAdmission Day (1817)

First Nobel PrizesAwarded (1901)

Noodle-RingDay

Indiana AdmissionDay (1816)

Astronomer AnnieJump Cannon'sBirthday (1863)

HanukkahBegins atSundownPoinsettia Day

PennsylvaniaAdmission Day (1787)

Stolen Mona LisaRecovered (1913)

New ZealandDiscovered (1642)

First Susan B.Anthony DollarIssued (1979)

Saddam HusseinCaptured (2003)

AlabamaAdmission Day (1819)

South Pole FirstReached (1911)

DNA FirstSynthesized (1967)

Sandy HookElementary SchoolShooting (2012)

Sitting Bull Killed(1890)

Game of BasketballCreated (1891)

Boston TeaParty (1773)

Battle of the BulgeBegan (1944)

First Black Secretaryof State Selected(2000)

Maple SyrupDay

Wright Brothers' Day

New JerseyAdmission Day (1787)

The Nutcracker

Poor Richard'sAlmanac Published(1732)

LouisianaPurchase (1803)

South Carolina First

Winter SolsticePilgrims Landed atPlymouth (1620)

Author BeatrixPotter Died (1943)

Maryland Votedto Cede Land forDistrict of Columbia(1788)

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France RecognizedAmericanIndependence (1777)

Suite Premiered inRussia (1892)

Filmmaker StevenSpielberg's Birthday(1946)

Apollo 17 Returnedto Earth (1972)

Pres. Bill ClintonImpeached (1998)

to Secede fromUnion (1860) Crossword Puzzle

Debuted (1913)First Nonstop FlightAround the World(1986)

Christmas Eve

Ku Klux KlanFormed (1865)

Verdi's Opera AidaPremiered (1871)

ChristmasNurse Clara Barton'sBirthday (1821)

KwanzaaBeginsFirst Performance ofKing Lear (1606)

First KwanzaaCelebrated (1966)

South AsianTsunami (2004)

Visit the ZooDay

MathematicianJohannes Kepler'sBirthday (1571)

Scientist LouisPasteur's Birthday(1822)

World Bank Created(1945)

Iowa AdmissionDay (1846)

First Film Shown(1895)

Pledge of AllegianceRecognized byCongress (1945)

Pres. AndrewJohnson's Birthday(1808)

Texas AdmissionDay (1845)

Writer RudyardKipling's Birthday(1865)

USSR Established(1922)

New Year's EveMake Up Your MindDay

Truman ProclaimedEnd of Hostilities inWWII (1946)

Bingo's Birthday MonthIdentity Theft Prevention and Awareness MonthSafe Toys & Gifts MonthStress-Free Family Holiday Month

Universal Human Rights MonthWorld AIDS MonthWrite to a Friend Month