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AP US History This Day in American History September 19

AP US History This Day in American History September 19. 1827 – After a duel turns into an all-out brawl, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker in Alexandria, Louisiana, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife. AP US History This Day in American History September 19.

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AP US History This Day in American History September 19

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  1. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistorySeptember 19 1827 – After a duel turns into an all-out brawl, Jim Bowie disembowels a banker in Alexandria, Louisiana, with an early version of his famous Bowie knife.

  2. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistorySeptember 19 1957 – The United States detonates a 1.7 kiloton nuclear weapon in an underground tunnel at the Nevada Test Site (NTS), a 1,375 square mile research center located 65 miles north of Las Vegas.

  3. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistorySeptember 19 1969 - President Nixon announces the cancellation of the draft calls for November and December. He reduced the draft call by 50,000 (32,000 in November and 18,000 in December).

  4. AP US HistoryThis Day in American HistorySeptember 19 1995 – The Washington Post publishes a 35,000-word manifesto written by the Unabomber, who since the late 1970s had eluded authorities while carrying out a series of bombings across the United States that killed 3 people and injured another 23.

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