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This Day in History

This Day in History. Make sure that you copy these into your student agenda. Wednesday , July 30, 2014. Please find and desk to sit at and have a seat. Thank you! Mr. Wagler #23. Wednesday , July 30, 2014. World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks the  USS Indianapolis , killing 883, 1945.

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This Day in History

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  1. This Day in History Make sure that you copy these into your student agenda.

  2. Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Please find and desk to sit at and have a seat. Thank you! Mr. Wagler #23

  3. Wednesday, July 30, 2014 World War II: A Japanese submarine sinks the USS Indianapolis, killing 883, 1945.

  4. Thursday, July 31, 2014 Chief Pontiac's forces defeat British troops at a battle during Pontiac's War, 1763.

  5. Friday, August 1, 2014 The 1st U.S. census shows a population of 3,929,214, 1790.

  6. Monday, August 4, 2013 President Woodrow Wilson & the U.S. declare neutrality at the start of World War I, 1914.

  7. Tuesday, August 5, 2014 The 1st electric traffic lights are installed in the U.S., 1914.

  8. Wednesday, August 6, 2014 The U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, 1945.

  9. Thursday, August 7, 2014 The U.S. War Department was established, 1789.

  10. Friday, August 8, 2013 President Richard Nixon announced his resignation from the office of the Presidency effective noon the next day, 1974.

  11. Monday, August 11, 2014 The Watts Race Riots begin in the Los Angeles, California, 1965.

  12. Tuesday, August 12, 2014 The IBM Personal Computer is released, 1981.

  13. Wednesday, August 13, 2014 Opha Mae Johnson is the first woman to enlist in the U.S. Marine Corps, 1918.

  14. Thursday, August 14, 2014 Japan surrenders unconditionally, ending World War II, 1945.

  15. Friday, August 15, 2014 The Woodstock Music & Art Fair opens in New York, 1969.

  16. Monday, August 18, 2014 The Roanoke Colony was found deserted, 1590.

  17. Tuesday, August 19, 2014 42nd President, Bill Clinton, was born, 1946.

  18. Wednesday, August 20, 2014 23rd President, Benjamin Harrison was born, 1833.

  19. Thursday, August 21, 2014 Nat Turner leads a violent slave revolt in Virginia, 1831.

  20. Friday, August 22, 2014 President Teddy Roosevelt became the 1st President to ride in a car in public, 1902.

  21. Monday, August 25, 2014 The Tom Thumb, the 1st Steam Locomotive, raced a horse, 1830.

  22. Tuesday, August 26, 2014 The 19th Amendment, Women’s Right to Vote, was adopted, 1920.

  23. Wednesday, August 27, 2014 36th President Lyndon B. Johnson was born, 1908.

  24. Thursday, August 28, 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech, 1963.

  25. Friday, August 29, 2014 Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast, 2005

  26. Tuesday, September 2, 2014 Alexander Hamilton was named the 1st Secretary of Treasury, 1789

  27. Wednesday, September 3, 2014 The Treaty of Paris was ratified officially ending the Revolutionary War, 1783.

  28. Thursday, September 4, 2014 Apache leader, Geronimo, surrenders to U.S. troops, 1886.

  29. Friday, September 5, 2014 Sam Houston is elected president of the Republic of Texas, 1836.

  30. Monday, September 8, 2014 President Ford pardons former President Nixon, 1974.

  31. Tuesday, September 9, 2014 Washington, D.C., the capital of the U. S., is named after President George Washington, 1791.

  32. Wednesday, September 10, 2014 Nathan Hale volunteers to go behind British lines, 1776.

  33. Thursday, September 11, 2014 The United States was attacked by Terrorists, 2001

  34. Friday, September 12, 2014 In France, U.S. forces launch their 1st major offensive of World War I, 1918.

  35. Monday, September 15, 2014 27th President, William Howard Taft’s, birthday, 1867.

  36. Tuesday, September 16, 2014 William Bradford The Mayflower departs from England, 1620

  37. Wednesday, September 17, 2014 The U.S. Constitution was signed, 1787.

  38. Thursday, September 18, 2014 Rock-n-Roll legend, Jimi Hendrix, died, 1970.

  39. Friday, September 19, 2014 Nathaniel Bacon’s Rebellion begins in Virginia, 1676

  40. Monday, September 22, 2014 The position of United States Postmaster General was established, 1789.

  41. Tuesday, September 23 ,2014 John Paul Jones American ship, Bonhomme Richard, defeated the British ship, Serapis, 1779.

  42. Wednesday, September 24, 2014 The U.S. Supreme Court was established, 1789.

  43. Thursday, September 25, 2014 Sandra Day O’Connor becomes the 1st female Supreme Court Justice, 1981.

  44. Friday, September 26, 2014 John F. Kennedy & Richard Nixon square off in the 1st televised Presidential debate, 1960.

  45. Monday, September 29, 2014 Patriots under General Francis Marion surprise forces on Black Mingo Creek, 1780.

  46. Tuesday, September 30, 2014 Babe Ruth hits his 60th homerun that sets a record, 1927.

  47. Wednesday, October 1, 2014 39th President, Jimmy Carter, was born, 1924.

  48. Friday, October 3, 2014 Make sure you have your student ID, if you do not have one you need to go buy one. You will receive a detention if you do not have your student ID. AHS Administration

  49. Thursday, October 2, 2014 Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the 1st African American justice on the Supreme Court, 1967.

  50. Friday, October 3, 2014 North & South clash at the 2nd Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, 1862.

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