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Important American History Dates
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1. Lincoln assasinated
April 1775
1886
April 14 1865
1927
2. Sinking of the lusitania
Oct 1929
1859
July 1-3 1863
1915
3. British Surrender at Yorktown
April 9th 1865
1754
April 1775
1781
4. Interstate Comerce Act
September 11 - 2001
1887
December 1933
1993
5. Gold In California
1965
Jan 1848
1954
December 1791
6. Battle of Saratoga
1781
December 1933
1965
October 1777
7. Organization of John Birch Society
1958
December 1933
October 1777
1781
8. French and Indian War
1955
1877
December 1913
1754
9. Spanish American War
1859
1898
December 7 1941
1754
10. End of Millitary Reconstruction
1619
1607
August 6 1945
1877
11. Boston Massacre
August 14 1945
March 1770
1887
1898
12. Prohibitory Act
April 1775
1887
April 9th 1865
December 1775
13. Waco Disasters
December 7 1941
1915
1993
May 1787
14. Lewis and Clark Expedition
1804
1898
Jan 1848
1963
15. Battles of Lenxington and Concord
600
April 1775
December 1913
1754
16. Fed Reserve Act
1927
1954
1993
December 1913
17. Watts Riot
1927
1730's
December 1933
1965
18. Brown V Board of Ed
1965
September 11 - 2001
1954
April 1861
19. Boston Massacre
1963
1662
March 1770
1955
20. Jackson Vetoes Bank Bill
August 14 1945
1832
1754
1781
21. Pearl Harbor
December 7 1941
1869
December 1933
1732
22. Gettysburg
1970
July 1-3 1863
December 1933
1927
23. Half-Way Covenant
1921
1662
October 1777
1887
24. Kent state riots
July 1-3 1863
1819
1898
1970
25. Bill of RIghts Ratified
April 14 1865
1963
December 1791
1915
26. Japan Surrenders
August 14 1945
April 1775
September 11 - 2001
1754
27. A bomb on hiroshima
Oct 1929
1754
Jan 1848
August 6 1945
28. Adoption of 16th Amendment
1958
Jan 1848
Feb 1913
1859
29. Harvard Founded
1915
December 1933
1636
Jan 1848
30. Harvard Founded
March 1770
Feb 1913
April 9th 1865
1636
31. Battle of New Orleans
1917
July 1-3 1863
Jan 1815
1662
32. Lee Surrenders at Appomattox
1898
April 9th 1865
December 1775
October 1777
33. Terrorist Attack
1856
October 1777
1887
September 11 - 2001
34. Fed Reserve Act
December 1913
1754
September 1796
October 1777
35. Haymarket Riot
September 1796
1970
1965
1886
36. Bessemer Process of Making Steel Introduced
Oct 1929
1856
Feb 1913
1636
37. Washington's Farewell address
September 1796
April 9th 1865
1917
July 1-3 1863
38. Restoration of British Monarchy
August 6 1945
1636
600
1732
39. Scopes trial
1921
1607
1662
March 1770
40. Kennedy Assasinated- johnson becomes president
1963
December 1791
1636
1954
41. Lindberghs solo flight across the Atlantic
Jan 1848
Jan 1815
1832
1927
42. Haymarket Riot
1730's
1886
1856
September 11 - 2001
43. French and Indian War
1607
July 1-3 1863
600
1754
44. Missouri Compromise
July 1-3 1863
1954
1819
April 14 1865
45. Half-Way Covenant
April 1775
1898
1662
1819
46. Lincoln assasinated
1927
April 14 1865
1877
1963
47. First Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869
1963
August 6 1945
May 1787
48. Bolshevik Revolution
Jan 1815
October 1777
1781
1917
49. Georgia Settled
1732
1636
Jan 1848
1804
50. Terrorist Attack
December 7 1941
December 1933
July 1-3 1863
September 11 - 2001