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The Civil War was a long and gruesome conflict that claimed more than 620,000 lives and had lasting effects on military and civilian survivors.
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Lead Story
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1997 U.S. Air Force reports on Roswell
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American Revolution
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1803 New Hampshire Patriot Matthew Thornton dies
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Automotive
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1966 Senate passes landmark auto safety bill
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Civil War
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1862 Lincoln consults Winfield Scott
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Cold War
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1948 Soviets blockade West Berlin
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Crime
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1993 Mail bomb injures Yale professor
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Disaster
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1975 Eastern Flight 66 crashes at J.F.K.
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General Interest
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1675 King Philip’s War begins
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1812 Napoleon’s Grande Armee invades Russia
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1901 Picasso exhibited in Paris
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1973 Eamon de Valera resigns
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Hollywood
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2005 Tom Cruise raises eyebrows
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Literary
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1935 Pete Hamill is born
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Music
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1997 Disney pulls album on release day
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Old West
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1864 Colorado Governor orders Indians to Sand Creek
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Presidential
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1885 Woodrow Wilson marries Ellen Axson in Savannah, Georgia
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1953 Jacqueline Bouvier and Senator John F. Kennedy announce engagement
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Sports
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1995 Mandela cheers on South African rugby team
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Vietnam War
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1970 Senate repeals Tonkin Gulf Resolution
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1973 Martin becomes the U.S. ambassador in Saigon
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World War I
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1915 First operational flight of new German fighter plane
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World War II
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1945 Russians enjoy a victory parade
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