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Battle of Gettysburg
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President Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act
James Garfield shot
Amelia Earhart and plane missing over central Pacific Ocean near Howland Island
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Idaho, the forty-third state
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Declaration of Independence adopted
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British Burn New Haven, Connecticut
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British burn Fairfield, Connecticut
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Wyoming, the forty-fourth state
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British burn Norwalk, Connecticut
British evacuate Savannah, GA
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First Battle of Bull Run/Manassas
Neil Armstrong walks on the moon
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New York, the eleventh state
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Colorado, the thirty-eighth state
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Declaration of Independence signed
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