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1
1960 U-2 spy plane shot down over Soviet Union. |
2
1972 FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover died. |
3
1886 Haymarket Affair began in Chicago.
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4
1961 Freedom Ride began. |
5
1879 Reynolds v. United States decided.
Cinco de Mayo |
6
1882 Chinese Exclusion Act passed. |
7
1945 Germany surrendered in World War II. |
8
1541 De Soto discovered Mississippi River. |
9
1907 Trial of Bill Haywood began. |
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1869 Union Pacific and Central Pacific railroads met at Promontory Point, Utah. |
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1894 Pullman Strike began.
Mother's Day
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1950 Berlin blockade ended. |
13
1846 Mexican War began. |
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1607 Jamestown, Virginia, founded. |
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1911 Standard Oil v. U.S.decided. |
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1988 California v. Greenwood decided. |
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1787 Constitutional Convention began. |
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1896 Plessy v. Ferguson decided. |
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1986 California v. Ciraolodecided. |
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1996 Romer v. Evans decided. |
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1927 Lindbergh landed in France. |
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1863 Bureau of Colored Troops organized. |
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1934 Bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow killed. |
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1844 First telegraph message sent. |
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1935 Jesse Owens won four Gold Medals. |
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1924 Immigration Act of 1924 signed.
Memorial Day |
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1997 Clinton v. Jones decided. |
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1539 De Soto landed in Florida. |
29
1787 Virginia Plan presented to the Constitutional Convention. |
30
1854 Kansas-Nebraska Act passed.
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1921 Sacco and Vanzetti trial began. |
