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The Cocoanut Grove Fire: November 28, 1942

November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

On November 28, 1942, a crowd of about a thousand people crammed into the Cocoanut Grove supper club in Boston, Massachusetts. The swanky club, known

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150th Anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021

On the evening of October 8, 1871, Catherine O’Leary stepped outside her house in Southwest Chicago. She fed the horses and led them to the

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Twentieth Anniversary of 9/11

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021

September 11, 2021, marks the 20th anniversary of four coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Qaeda, an Islamist extremist group, against the United States. The attacks began

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The Berlin Wall Goes Up: August 12, 1961

August 5, 2021August 19, 2021

Sixty years ago this month, two tired, gray-haired women stood waving their handkerchiefs. Tears spilled down their cheeks as they strained to see a baby,

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Discovery of the Rosetta Stone: July 15, 1799

July 12, 2021July 12, 2021

On July 15, 1799, during Napoleon’s campaign in Egypt, a French soldier spotted a black stone covered in inscriptions outside of the Egyptian city of

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June 10, 1942: The Lidice Massacre

June 3, 2021June 3, 2021

The village of Lidice was located in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (present-day Czech Republic) during WWII. In reprisal for the assassination of a

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The Arkansas Pearl Rush

May 6, 2021May 6, 2021

In the 1850s, a New Jersey shoemaker found a large pearl inside a mussel pulled from a New Jersey river. The valuable pearl was sold

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April 2, 1863: The Richmond Bread Riot

April 1, 2021April 1, 2021

During the Civil War, lack of food, money, and supplies created unbearable conditions for women living in the southern United States. Inflation and the lack

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March 18, 1889: The First Carnegie Library Opens in America

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021

On March 18, 1889, the Carnegie Free Library of Braddock opened in a suburb of Pittsburgh. It was the first library donated by businessman and

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February 8, 1968: Orangeburg Massacre

February 2, 2021February 9, 2021

On February 8, 1968, police opened fire on a group of unarmed Black student protestors on the South Carolina State University campus. The students were

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