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Iowa, the twenty-ninth state
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British occupy Savannah, GA
Texas, the twenty-eighth state
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Georgia, the fourth state
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Washington wins the Battle of Princeton
Alaska, the forty-ninth state
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Utah, the forty-fifth state
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New Mexico, the forty-seventh state
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Battle of New Orleans
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Mississippi secedes from the Union
Connecticut, the fifth state
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Florida secedes from the Union
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Alabama secedes from the Union
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Treaty of Paris Ratified
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Georgia secedes from the Union
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Inauguration Day (after 1933)
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The 24th Amendment is ratified, abolishes poll tax
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Louisiana secedes from the Union
Michigan, the twenty-sixth state
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Three astronauts killed from flash fire while onboard command module
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Space Shuttle Challenger explodes 73 seconds after launch
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Kansas, the thirty-fourth state
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First U.S. Satellite Launched
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