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NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR, THEODORE ROOSEVELT DECLARES "UNDER NO
CIRCUMSTANCES COULD I OR WOULD I ACCEPT THE NOMINATION FOR THE
VICE-PRESIDENCY". HE IS AWARE THAT TO BE VICE-PRESIDENT IS
ESSENTIALLY A MEANINGLESS TASK.  SAN FRANCISCO MAN CLAIMS X-RAYS
HAVE CURED HIS CANCER.
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THE SOCIAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY HOLDS ITS NATIONAL CONVENTION IN
INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, NOMINATING EUGENE V. DEBTS OF INDIANA FOR
PRESIDENT.  THE GOLD STANDARD ACT IS RATIFIED BY CONGRESS.  BY ACT
OF CONGRESS HAWAII IS GRANTED TERRITORIAL STANDING IN THE U.S.
BUFFALO BILL CODY PERFORMS AT NEW YORK'S MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
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THE POPULIST PARTY CONVENES IN CINCINNATI, OHIO AND NOMINATES
WHARTON BARKER OF PENNSYLVANIA FOR PRESIDENT.  THE SOCIALIST LABOR
PARTY MEETS IN NEW YORK AND NOMINATES JOSEPH P. MALONEY OF
MASSACHUSETTS FOR PRESIDENT. CARRIE NATION TAKES HER ANTI-LIQUOR
CAMPAIGN TO THE NATION.
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DESPERATE REVOLT AGAINST FOREIGN DOMINATION BREAKS OUT IN CHINA.
EACH FOREIGN MINISTER HAS 24 HOURS TO GET OUT OF PEKING.  THE DEMO-
CRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION MEETS IN KANSAS CITY TO NOMINATE WILLIAM
JENNINGS BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT AND ADLAI E. STEVENSON FOR
VICE-PRESIDENT.
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A HORRENDOUS HURRICANE KILLS 6000 PEOPLE IN GALVESTON, TEXAS, AND
CAUSES DAMAGE TO PROPERTY IN EXCESS OF $20 MILLION.  THE FIRST
DIRECT PRIMARY IN THE U.S. IS HELD IN MINNESOTA.  HELEN KELLER IS
ADMITTED TO RADCLIFFE.  AUTHOR MARK TWAIN RETURS\NS TO UNITED
STATES AFTER A 9 YEAR ABSENCE.
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MCKINLEY WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION FOR A SECOND TERM.  DOCTOR
WALTER REED DISCOVERS THAT THE DISEASE 'YELLOW FEVER', WHICH KILLED
THOUSANDS OF SOLDIERS IN THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR, IS TRANSMITTED
BY MOSQUITOES.  A GERMAN ENGINEER PATENTS FRONT-WHEEL DRIVE FOR
AUTOMOBILES.
THE FAMOUS SPINDLE TOP CLAIM NEAR BEAUMONT, TEXAS BRINGS IN OIL, THE
1st DROP IN THE MIGHTY RIVER OF BLACK GOLD TO POUR FROM THE REGION.
CUBA ADOPTS A CONSTITUTION WHICH FOLLOWS THE PATTERN OF THE U.S.
THE U.S. STEEL CORP. IS INCORPORATED IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.
CENSUS COMMISSIONER PREDICTS U.S. POPULTAION AT 300 MILLION BY 2001.
THE ARMY APPROPRIATIONS ACT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS.  WILLIAM MCKINLEY
IS INAUGURATED PRESIDENT FOR A SECOND TERM; THEODORE ROOSEVELT IS
VICE-PRESIDENT.  THE LEADER OF THE PHILIPPINE REBELLION AGAINST THE
U.S. DOMINATION, EMILIO AQUINALDO IS CAPTURED BY U.S. IN LONDON.
NEW YORK ACTORS ARRESTED FOR WEARING COSTUMES ON SUNDAY.
THE HILL-MORGAN GROUP AND HARRIMAN, KUHN, LOEB AND COMPANY MERGE
TO CREATE THE NORTHERN SECURITIES CO, CAPITALIZED AT $400,000 ALMOST
MONOPOLIZES THE TRANSPORTATION BETWEEN THE GREAT LAKES AND THE
PACIFIC COAST.  AUTOMOBILE CLUB MEMBERS, PARTICIPATING IN RACE, ARE
ARRESTED FOR BREAKING 8MPH SPEED LIMIT.
COMING TO GRIPS WITH THE ISSUE OF NON-CONTINENTAL TERRITORIES, THE
SUPREME COURT RETURNS THREE VERDICTS IN WHAT ARE KNOWN AS THE
INSULAR CASES.  THE LAND LOTTERY BEGEINS IN OKLAHOMA.  RANSOM OLDS
PRODUCES AN AFFORDABLE, $650.00, ALTERNATIVE TO THE HORSE AND BUGGY,
THE OLDSMOBLIE WITH AN INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINE.
SPEAKING AT A STATE FAIR IN MINNESOTA, V.P. TEDDY ROOSEVELT
QUOTES AN AFRICAN PROVERB, "SPEAK SOFTLY AND CARRY A BIG STICK,
YOU WILL GO FAR."  N.Y. TIMES CELEBRATES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY.
THOUSANDS OF AMAZED SPECTATORS WATCH AS ANNA EDSON TAYLOR PASSES
SAFELY OVER NIAGARA FALLS IN A BARREL, HER ADVICE-DON'T TRY IT!
IN ONE OF HIS FIRST CONTROVERSIAL MOVES AS PRESIDENT, ROOSEVELT
INVITES BLACK LEADER BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TO THE WHITE HOUSE.  THE
HAY-PAUNCEFORTE TREATY IS SIGNED BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND THE
UNITED STATES.  KING CAMP GILLETTE BEGINS MARKETING SAFETY RAZORS
WITH DISPOSABLE BLADES.
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AFTER THREE REPORTS IN RECENT YEARS HAVE FAVORED THE ROUTE THROUGH
NICARAGUA FOR A CANAL, THE CANAL COMMISSION CONCEDES TO PRESSURES
AND ISSUES A "SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT" THAT RECOMMENDS THE ROUTE
THROUGH PANAMA.  THE SENATE WITNESSES ITS' FIRST FIGHT WHEN SENATOR
McLAURIN GIVES SENATOR TILLMAN A BLOODY NOSE.
CONGRESS EXTENDS THE CHINESE EXCLUSION ACT (OF 1882) PROHIBITING
IMMIGRATION OF CHINESE LABORERS FROM TERRITORIES TO THE MAINLAND.
IT IS CLEARLY AIMED AT THE CHINESE PRESENTLY IN THE PHILIPPINES.
NINE AUTOMOBILE CLUBS FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES MEET AND FORM
THE AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION.
THE UNITED STATES WITHDRAWS ITS TROOPS FROM CUBA AS THE PRESIDENT,
TOMAS ESTRADA PALMA, IS INSTALLED.  WEST POINT CELEBRATES ITS' 100TH
BIRTHDAY.  SOME 140,000 MINERS OF ANTHARITE COAL GO OUT ON A STRIKE
CALLED BY THE UNITED MINE WORKERS. THE STRIKE ENDS ON OCTOBER 21ST.
TRAIN MAKES NEW YORK TO CHICAGO TRIP IN RECORD 20 HOURS.
CONGRESS PASSES THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT ACT, PROVIDING
THAT THE PHILIPPINES BE GOVERNED BY A COMMISSION APPOINTED BY THE
PRESIDENT, WITH CONSENT OF THE SENATE. THE INHABITANTS OF THE
PHILIPPINES ARE TO BE TREATED AS CITIZENS OF THEIR LAND, NOT THE
U.S.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT THREATENS TO START USING ARMY TROOPS
TO WORK COAL MINES STRUCK SINCE MAY 12TH; THIS BRINGS
THE OWNERS TO AGREE TO ABIDE BY A COMMISSION OF ARBITRATION.
MINERS STRIKE GOLD IN ALASKA.  DETROIT WITNESSES THE COMPLETION OF
THE FIRST CADILLAC.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT DECLARES THAT THE COAL MINER'S STRIKE THAT BEGAN
MAY 12TH IS OVER.  BARNUM AND BAILEY'S CIRCUS SHIP RETURNS FROM
EUROPE LOOKING A BIT LIKE NOAH'S ARK.  THE U.S. SIGNS A TREATY WITH
CUBA ALLOWING FOR A 20 YEAR REDUCTION OF TARIFF RATES ON
IMPORTED CUBAN PRODUCTS.
REFLECTING POPULAR SUPPORT FOR ROOSEVELT'S ACTIVE CAMPAIGN
FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, CONGRESS ADOPTS THE EXPEDITION ACT, WHICH GIVES
PRIORITY TO THE ATTORNEY ANTITRUST CASES IN THE CIRCUIT CASES.
CONGRESS CREATES THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE & LABOR TO HELP FOSTER
LONG-TERM STABILITY IN THE U.S. ECONOMY.
THE ELKINS ACT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS. THE ACT CARVES OUT NEW
GROUND BY DECLARING ILLEGAL ALL REBATES ON PUBLISHED FREIGHT RATES.
THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS A FEDERAL LAW WHICH PROHIBITS LOTTERY
TICKETS FROM BEING SENT THROUGH THE MAILS FROM ONE STATE TO ANOTHER.
NEW YORK'S NIAGARA FALLS GOES DRY.
WISCONSIN IS THE FIRST TO ADOPT DIRECT PRIMARY ELECTIONS.
BY 1948 ALL STATES WILL HAVE ADOPTED THE SYSTEM.
THE FIRST PACIFIC CABLE IS LAID BETWEEN SAN FRANCISCO AND MANILA.
THE FIRST MESSAGE IS SENT TO THE PHILIPPINES BY PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT.
PEPSI-COLA REGISTERS FOR A PATENT.
COMPLETING A 52-DAY CROSS-COUNTRY DRIVE, A PACKARD AUTOMOBILE
ARRIVES IN NEW YORK HAVING BEEN DRIVEN FROM SAN FRANCISCO,
THE FIRST TIME AN AUTOMOBILE HAS MADE THE JOURNEY.
MARTHA "CALAMITY JANE" CANARY DIES AND IS BURIED NEXT TO
"WILD BILL" HICKOK IN DEADWOOD, SD.
PANAMANIAN INDEPENDENCE IS DECLARED.
THE U.S. AND PANAMA SIGN THE HAY-BUNEAU-VARILLA TREATY GIVING
THE UNITED STATES PERMANENT RIGHTS TO A 10-MILE STRIP OF LAND IN
RETURN FOR $10,000,000 AND AN ANNUAL CHARGE OF $250,000 AFTER NINE
YEARS.
ORVILLE AND WILBUR WRIGHT MAKE THE FIRST FOUR SUCCESSFUL
FLIGHTS OF A HEAVIER-THAN-AIR MACHINE; ORVILLE FLIES 120
FEET IN 12 SECONDS AND WILBUR LATER FLIES 852 FEET IN 59
SECONDS. THE AIRPLANE IS FLOWN AT KITTY HAWK IN NORTH CAROLINA.
MADAME CURIE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO RECEIVE A NOBEL PRIZE.
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THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT PUERTO RICANS ARE NOT ALIENS
AND MAY NOT BE REFUSED ADMISSION TO THE UNITED STATES.
THE ELEVEN-MAN PANAMA CANAL COMMISSION IS APPOINTED BY
ROOSEVELT TO COMPLETE THE CANAL.  HENRY FORD SETS WORLD SPEED RECORD
IN MICHIGAN.
IN A LANDMARK CASE, NORTHERN SECURITIES COMPANY V. UNITED
STATES, THE SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT THE COMPANY
VIOLATES THE SHERMAN-ANTI-TRUST ACT.
NORTH EUROPEAN STEAMSHIP COMPANIES CUT THEIR STEERAGE RATES TO $10.
THE FIRST COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS ARE PUBLISHED IN LONDON.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATES THEODORE ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT
AND CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS OF INDIANA FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE PROHIBITION PARTY NOMINATES SILAS C. SWALLOW FOR PRESIDENT
AND GEORGE W. CARROLL FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.  NAVAL SUBMARINE TORPEDO
BOAT FULTON TESTED.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES THE LITTLE-KNOWN NEW YORK JUDGE ALTON
B. PARKER FOR PRESIDENT AND HENRY G. DAVIS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE LONG AND BITTER TEXTILE STRIKE OF SOME 25,000 WORKERS
IN THE MILLS OF MASSACHUSETTS BEGINS IN FALL RIVER.  KICKAPOO
DANCE CRAZE SWEEPING THE UNITED STATES.
THE FIRST PART OF THE UNDERGROUND AND UNDERWATER RAILROAD
IS COMPLETED IN NEW YORK CITY.
NEW YORK IS THE FIRST STATE TO PASS A SPEED LAW FOR AUTOMOBILES.
HELEN KELLER GRADUATES WITH HONORS FROM RADCLIFFE.  WOMAN ARRESTED
IN NEW YORK FOR SMOKING A CIGARETTE ON 5TH AVE.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT AND HIS RUNNING-MATE CHARLES W. FAIRBANKS
DEFEAT THE DEMOCRATS BY 2,500,000 VOTES. THE ELECTORAL VOTE IS 336
TO 140. MISSOURI GOES REPUBLICAN FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE CIVIL
WAR.  IN CALIFRONIA A NEW "TRACKER" TRACTOR IS TESTED, PRODUCTION
SET FOR 1906.
THE ROOSEVELT COROLLARY TO THE MONROE DOCTRINE IS TESTED
WHEN THE UNITED STATES BEGINS SUPERVISION OF THE DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC'S NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL DEBTS.  GEORGE BERNARD SHAW'S
PLAY "YOU NEVER CAN TELL" OPENS IN NEW YORK TO RAVE REVIEWS.
CONGRESS ADMITS OKLAHOMA TO STATEHOOD.
THE SUPREME COURT FINDS UNCONSTITUTIONAL A STATE LAW WHICH
LIMITS MAXIMUM WORKING HOURS FOR BAKERS. THE COURT HOLDS
THAT SUCH A LAW INTERFERES WITH THE RIGHT TO FREE CONTRACT
AND IS AN IMPROPER USE OF POLICE POWERS.  FRANKLIN AND ELEANOR
ROOSEVELT GET MARRIED.
ROOSEVELT, SENSING A GREAT DESIRE FOR PEACE IN THE WORLD, URGES
JAPAN AND RUSSIA, WHICH HAVE BEEN AT WAR SINCE FEB. 1904, TO
NEGOTIATE.  THE INDUSTRIAL WORKERS OF THE WORLD, A UNION, IS
ORGANIZED IN CHICAGO AS A MORE MILITANT ATTEMPT TO RESTORE BALANCE
TO THE NATION.
CONTINUING HIS CAMPAIGN TO RESTORE SOCIAL JUSTICE TO THE ECONOMIC
LIFE OF THE NATION, ROOSEVELT TURNS HIS BIG GUNS ONTO THE
INSURANCE COMPANIES WHOSE SCANDALOUS BEHAVIOR HAS SHOCKED THE
NATION.  WORLD'S FIRST DRIVE IN GAS STATION OPENED IN ST. LOUIS.
U.S. ADMITTED 1 MILLION IMMIGRANTS IN 1904.
NATION.  SOLAR ECLIPSE SITED ACROSS THE GLOBE.  ROOSEVELT DECLARES
THAT HE WILL NOT RUN FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN.
THE CHICAGO AND NORTH WESTERN RAILROAD INSTALLS ELECTRIC
LAMPS ON ITS "OVERLAND LIMITED," WHICH RUNS FROM
CHICAGO TO CALIFORNIA, THE FIRST RAILROAD TO DO SO.
FOOTBALL IS ABOLISHED AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK.
125,000 MARCH IN MOURNING IN N.Y. FOR PERSECUTED RUSSIAN JEWS.
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ON APRIL 18TH, SAN FRANCISCO IS ROCKED BY THE MOST EXTENSIVE
EARTHQUAKE IN UNITED STATES HISTORY. FIRE SPREADS AND LASTS
FOR THREE DAYS, DESTROYING FOUR SQUARE MILES OF THE CITY. OVER
500,000 PEOPLE ARE MADE HOMELESS, AND SOME 500 PEOPLE ARE KILLED.
ISADORA DUNCAN IS FORBIDDEN TO DANCE IN BERLIN.
FINLAND BECOMES FIRST COUNTRY TO GIVE WOMEN THE VOTE.
THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO COME TO AN AGREEMENT OVER
DISTRIBUTION OF THE WATERS OF THE RIO GRANDE WHICH ARE
BEING INCREASINGLY DIVERTED INTO THE U.S. FOR IRRIGATION.
IN NEW YORK LEWIS NIXON ANNOUNCES THE INVENTION OF SONAR ON
SUBMARINES THAT NOW HAVE EYES AND EARS.
CUBAN PRES. PALMA ASKS FOR AID IN QUELLING A REBELLION. ROOSEVELT
SENDS WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT TO HEAD A PROVISIONAL GOVERNMENT AND
MAINTAIN ORDER. THE UNITED STATES WILL REMAIN IN CHARGE OF THE
ISLAND UNTIL FEBRUARY 1ST, 1909 WHEN A NEW CUBAN PRESIDENT IS
ELECTED.
THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO TAKE A TRIP ABROAD, ROOSEVELT JOURNEYS
TO PANAMA TO SEE FOR HIMSELF HOW THE PANAMA CANAL PROJECT IS
PROGRESSING. THE CANAL, BEGUN THIS YEAR, WILL TAKE EIGHT
YEARS TO COMPLETE, AT A COST OF $375,000,000.  CLERGY PROTESTS
BRONX ZOO'S DISPLAY OF PYGMY IN CAGE WITH APES.
YEARS TO COMPLETE, AT A COST OF $375,000,000.  LEON TROTSKY EXILED
FROM RUSSIA FOR LIFE.
FINALLY RESPONSIVE TO PUBLIC ANGER AT THE BLATANT WAY SOME OF
THE CAPTAINS OF INDUSTRY HAVE BEEN CORRUPTING PUBLIC OFFICIALS,
CONGRESS PASSES AN ACT FORBIDDING CORPORATIONS FROM
CONTRIBUTING TO ELECTION CAMPAIGNS FOR NATIONAL OFFICE. SUFFRAGETTES
STORM PARLIAMENT, 60 WOMEN ARRESTED.
BY PRESIDENTIAL ORDER THE UNITED STATES EXCLUDES JAPANESE
LABORERS FROM ENTERING THE COUNTRY.   A COMMISSION ON IMMIGRATION
IS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS TO LOOK INTO THE PROBLEMS CREATED BY THE
FLOOD OF UNSKILLED IMMIGRANTS ARRIVING ON AMERICAN SHORES EACH YEAR.
THE SECOND HAGUE PEACE CONFERENCE, WITH 46 NATIONS PARTICIPATING,
MEETS TO DELIBERATE INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS. AT THE INSTIGATION
OF THE UNITED STATES, THE CONFERENCE WILL FORBID WAR AS AN
INSTRUMENT FOR COLLECTION OF DEBTS.
THE LUSITANIA, THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP IN THE WORLD, SETS A NEW
SPEED RECORD OF FIVE DAYS AND 54 MINUTES AS IT COMPLETES ITS
MAIDEN VOYAGE BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND AND NEW YORK.
"BOY-SCOUTS" STARTED BY SIR ROBERT BADEN-POWELL, A BRITISH GENERAL.
THE LUSITANIA, THE LARGEST STEAMSHIP IN THE WORLD, SETS A
NEW SPEED RECORD OF FIVE DAYS AND 54 MINUTES AS IT COMPLETES
ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE BETWEEN QUEENSTOWN, IRELAND, AND NEW YORK.
OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN ANNOUNCES PLANS FOR FIVE OPERA HOUSES IN NEW
YORK.
IN ONE OF THE WORST MINE DISASTERS IN UNITED STATES HISTORY 361
MINERS ARE KILLED WHEN A COAL MINE EXPLODES IN MONONGAH, WEST
VIRGINIA.  OKLAHOMA IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 46TH STATE.
POPE PIUS X WARNS EXCESSIVE LIBERTY WILL CORUPT AMERICAN YOUTHS.
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THE FIRST AROUND THE WORLD AUTOMOBILE RACE BEGINS IN NEW YORK CITY.
IT WILL PROCEED TO PARIS BY WAY OF ALASKA AND SIBERIA. SIX CARS
PARTICIPATE, BUT ONLY THREE REACH THE FINISH LINE.   NEW YORK
POLICE DEPARTMENT DEPUTIZES DOGS FOR DUTY.
THE POPULIST PARTY NOMINATES THOMAS E. WATSON OF GEORGIA FOR
PRESIDENT, AND SAMUEL W. WILLIAMS OF INDIANA, FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
HERALDING A TREND, 267 MASSACHUSETTS TOWNS AND CITIES VOTES FOR
LOCAL PROHIBITION. WORCESTER IS THE LARGEST CITY IN THE COUNTRY
TO GO DRY.
CONGRESS PASSES THE ALDRICH-VREELAND ACT WHICH FREES BANKS TO ISSUE
NOTES BACKED BY COMMERCIAL PAPER AND BONDS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVT..
THE SOCIALIST PARTY NOMINATES EUGENE V. DEBS OF INDIANA FOR
PRESIDENT AND BENJAMIN HANFORD OF NEW YORK FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN FOR PRESIDENT
AND JOHN W. KERN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE PROHIBITION PARTY NOMINATES EUGENE W. CHAFIN FOR PRESIDENT
AND AARON S. WATKINS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
FIRST MODEL T'S ROLL OFF PRODUCTION LINE.
UGLY RACE RIOTS BREAK OUT IN SPRINGFIELD, IL. GOVERNOR DENEEN
DECLARES MARTIAL LAW, BUT IT DOES NOT STOP THE RIOTING.
HENRY FORD INTRODUCES HIS FAMOUS MODEL T FOR $850 DOLLARS.
ORVILLE WRIGHT BECOMES THE FIRST EVER TO STAY AIRBORNE LONGER THAN
ONE HOUR.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT WINS THE ELECTION WITH AN ELECTORAL
VOTE OF 321 TO 162 FOR WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN.
AN EXPLOSION IN THE MARIANNA MINE AT MONONGAHELA, PENNSYLVANIA,
CAUSES THE SUPPORTING STRUCTURE TO COLLAPSE, KILLING 100 MINERS.
WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT IS INAUGURATED 27TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.
A MAJOR ADVANCE IN PLASTIC MANUFACTURING IS THE PRODUCTION
OF BAKELITE, A PROCESS WHICH WAS DISCOVERED EARLIER BY L. BAEKELAND.
FIRST WOMEN'S AUTO RACE LEAVES NEW YORK FOR PHILADELPHIA.
PROHIBITION SPREADS RAPIDLY THROUGH THE UNITED STATES.
ROBERT E. PEARY REACHES LATITUDE 90 DEGREES NORTH, BETTER
KNOWN AS THE NORTH POLE. PEARY LEAVES THE ADVANCE BASE WITH
18 COMPANIONS, FOUR OF WHOM ARE ESKIMOS AND ONE OF WHOM
IS A BLACK, MATTHEW HENSON.
THE PRESIDENT AUTHORIZES 700,000 ACRES OF LAND IN WASHINGTON,
MONTANA AND IDAHO TO BE OPENED TO SETTLERS.
CONGRESS PROPOSES THE 16TH AMENDMENT WHICH WOULD
AUTHORIZE AN INCOME TAX.   NEW YORK MAYOR VETOES EQUAL PAY FOR
FEMALE TEACHERS.
ORVILLE WRIGHT, WHO HAS BEEN MAKING THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS, MAKES
A NEW FLIGHT-DURATION RECORD OF 1 HOUR, 1 MINUTE AND 40 SECONDS.
THE FRENCH AVIATOR LOUIS BLERIOT FLIES ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL
AND IS THE FIRST PERSON TO TRAVEL TO ENGLAND OTHER THAN BY SEA.
PRESIDENT TAFT PUTS ASIDE 3,000,000 ACRES OF OIL-RICH LAND
FOR CONSERVATION PURPOSES. THOUGH TAFT FOLLOWS ROOSEVELT'S
CONSERVATION POLICIES WITH ENERGY, HE GETS NO PUBLIC
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR HIS WORK.
IN A CONTINUING SERIES OF COAL MINE DISASTERS, 259 MINERS
ARE KILLED IN AN EXPLOSION AT THE ST. PAUL MINE IN CHERRY,
ILLINOIS. MINE DISASTERS REACH THEIR HIGH NUMBER MOSTLY THROUGH
LACK OF SAFEGUARDS IN HANDLING EXPLOSIVES.
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THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ARE CHARTERED IN WASHINGTON, D.C. BY
WILLIAM D. BOYCE, WHO GETS THE IDEA FROM THE ENGLISH BOY SCOUTS
ESTABLISHED BY SIR ROBERT.  THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR AND ELEANOR
ALEXANDER ANNOUNCE THEIR WEDDING DATE.  JOHN D ROCKEFELLER TO HEAD
GRAND JURY INVESTIGATION ON WHITE SLAVERY.
AN AMENDMENT TO THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1907 MAKES IT NO LONGER
POSSIBLE TO ADMIT CRIMINALS, PAUPERS, ANARCHISTS AND DISEASED
PERSONS INTO THE UNITED STATES.
THE BUREAU OF MINES IS SET UP AS PART OF DEPT. OF THE INTERIOR.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE POSTAL SAVINGS SYSTEM IN RESPONSE
TO PUBLIC DEMAND. THE PUBLIC HAS LITTLE FAITH IN SAVINGS
BANKS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL PAY TWO PERCENT INTEREST.  FANNY BRICE A
"SMASH-HIT" AT THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES SINGING "GOOD-BYE BECKY COHEN."
THEODORE ROOSEVELT, JR AND ELEANOR ALEXANDER MARRIED IN NY.
BANKS. THE NEW SYSTEM WILL PAY TWO PERCENT INTEREST.  BLACK &
DECKER COMPANY IS FOUNDED.  5-MILE STRETCH OF THE PANAMA CANAL IS
OPENED GIVING ACCESS TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN.
THE MANN ACT IS ADOPTED BY CONGRESS AS A WEAPON TO STOP THE
IMPORTATION OF EUROPEANS GIRLS TO WORK IN AMERICAN BORDELLOS.
THE ACT IS KNOWN AS THE "WHITE SLAVERY TRAFFIC ACT" AND PROHIBITS
THE TRANSPORTATION OF WOMEN ACROSS STATE LINES FOR IMMORAL PURPOSES.
FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1894 THE COUNTRY RETURNS A DEMOCRATIC
CONGRESS. IT ALSO SEES THE FIRST SOCIALIST EVER TO SIT IN CONGRESS,
VICTOR L. BERGER. IN DUCHESS COUNTY,N.Y., YOUNG FRANKLIN
DELANO ROOSEVELT IS ELECTED TO THE STATE SENATE.
SENATOR ROBERT LA FOLLETTE HELPS TO FOUND THE NATIONAL
PROGRESSIVE REPUBLICAN LEAGUE TO PROMOTE MORE RESPONSIVE GOVERNMENT
AT ALL LEVELS, SENATOR JONATHAN BOURNE OF OREGON IS MADE PRESIDENT.
IN SAN FRANCISCO, AVIATOR ELY PERFORMS FIRST SUCCESSFUL TAKE-OFF AND
LANDING FROM A SHIP.
THE UNITED STATES ORDERS 20,000 TROOPS TO THE MEXICAN BORDER.
ON NOVEMBER 20TH, 1910 REVOLUTION BROKE OUT AGAINST DICTATOR
PORFIRIO DIAZ. DIAZ HAS BEEN CARVING UP THE COUNTRY FOR HIS FRIENDS,
CREATING CONDITIONS FOR THE POOR AS HARSH AS IN ANY COUNTRY
IN THE WORLD.
IN UNITED STATES VS. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY, THE SUPREME
COURT FINDS THE AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY VIOLATES THE SHERMAN
ANTITRUST ACT. HOWEVER UNDER THE NEW PRINCIPLE OF "RULE OF
REASON," THE COURT ORDERS IT REORGANIZED RATHER THAN DISSOLVED.
PRESIDENT TAFT VETOES STATEHOOD FOR ARIZONA BECAUSE IT WILL
PERMIT RECALL OF JUDGES. TAFT, A MAN OF THE LAW HIMSELF, FEELS
THIS TO BE A THREAT TO THE JUDICIARY. ARIZONA QUIETLY REMOVES
THE PROVISION, AT WHICH POINT IT IS DULY ADMITTED TO THE UNION.
CLYDE J. COLEMAN INVENTED THE ELECTRIC SELF-STARTER IN 1899. BY
FEBRUARY 1911 IT HAS BEEN PERFECTED BY CHARLES F. KETTERING
AND IS NOW DEMONSTRATED BY GENERAL MOTORS. IT WILL OPEN A
NEW ERA FOR THE AUTOMOBILE.  LOUIS CHEVROLET OPENS AUTO FIRM IN
MICHIGAN.  MAINE BECOMES A DRY STATE.
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NEW MEXICO IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 47TH STATE.
WORKERS STRIKE AGAINST SWEATSHOP CONDITIONS IN THE MILLS OF
LAWRENCE, MASSACHUSETTS. WORKERS ARE PROTESTING A CUT IN WAGES
UNDER A NEW LAW WHICH HAS LIMITED WORKING HOURS.
THE STEAMSHIP TITANIC STRIKES AN ICEBERG AS IT STEAMS AT
FULL SPEED THROUGH DANGEROUS WATERS. BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT
ENOUGH LIFEBOATS FOR ALL PASSENGERS, 1502 LIVES ARE LOST AT SEA.
IN ST LOUIS, ALBERT BERRY COMPLETES THE FIRST IN-FLIGHT PARACHUTE
JUMP.  PRES. AND V.P. CAMPAIGN EXPENSES MADE PUBLIC RESPONSIBILITY.
THE SOCIALIST PARTY NOMINATES EUGENE V. DEBS FOR PRESIDENT
AND EMIL SEIDEL OF WISCONSIN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE STEAMSHIP TITANIC STRIKES AN ICEBERG AS IT STEAMS FULL SPEED,
1502 LIVES ARE LOST BECAUSE THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH LIFEBOATS.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IS HELD IN CHICAGO. THE
PARTY IS BADLY SPLIT BETWEEN TAFT, ABOUT WHOM THE CONSERVATIVES
ARE RALLYING, AND ROOSEVELT, WHO IS LEADING THE PROGRESSIVES
IN THE ABSENCE OF LA FOLLETE.
ABOUT TO MAKE SPEECH IN MILWAUKEE, ROOSEVELT IS SHOT FROM 6 FEET
AWAY BY A FANATIC. ALTHOUGH THE WOUND WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH, STILL
ROOSEVELT INSISTS UPON GIVING HIS SPEECH BEFORE BEING TAKEN
TO THE HOSPITAL. THE TOUGH OUTDOORS MAN IS WELL IN TWO WEEKS.
WOODROW WILSON WINS THE ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE 435 ELECTORAL
VOTES TO ROOSEVELT'S 88 AND TAFT'S 8. THE POPULAR VOTE IS
6,293,454 FOR WILSON, 4,119,538 FOR ROOSEVELT AND 3,484,980 FOR
TAFT.  ARIZONA, WISCONSIN AND KANSAS GRANT WOMEN THE VOTE.  JULES
VERNE'S "20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA" OPENS IN NEW YORK.
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THE 16TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS ADOPTED BY THE NATION.
THE AMENDMENT WILL PROVIDE THE NECESSARY LEGAL BASIS
FOR A GRADUATED INCOME TAX.  TURKEY-TROT DANCING BARRED IN ANNAPOLIS
- PARTNERS MUST KEEP 3-INCH SPACE BETWEEN THEM.  GRAND CENTRAL
TERMINAL OPENS IN NEW YORK.
GOVERNOR HIRAM JOHNSON OF CALIFORNIA SIGNS INTO LAW THE WEBB
ALIEN LAND-HOLDING BILL WHICH EXCLUDES THE JAPANESE FROM OWNING
LAND.  THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENT SINCE GROVER CLEVELAND,
WOODROW WILSON, IS INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT.
RIDING THE POPULAR WAVE FOR GOVERNMENTAL REFORM, THE 17TH
AMENDMENT IS PASSED, ESTABLISHING POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATORS. THIS
AMENDMENT WILL WEAKEN THE STATE LEGISLATURES WHILE
STRENGTHENING POPULAR CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
KEOKUK DAM IS OPENED ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, MAKING
IT THE WORLD'S LARGEST DAM. THE DAM WILL SERVE TO CONTROL
FLOODING WHICH IS CAUSING HARDSHIP ALONG MANY RIVERS.  HENRY FORD
PREDICTS THAT THE FORTHCOMING ASSEMBLY LINE WILL QUADRUPLE AUTO
PRODUCTION.  ORIENT EXPRESS CELEBRATES 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
WILSON PRESSES AN ELECTRIC BUTTON IN THE WHITE HOUSE SETTING AN
EXPLOSION OF THE GAMOA DIKE, WHICH THUS OPENS THE PANAMA CANAL FOR
SHIPPING.  THE GLAMOROUS DANCING VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE MAKE
THEIR DEBUT "IN THE SUNSHINE GIRL".  DR. NOGUCHI OF NEW YORK
ISOLATES THE RABIES GERM.
ELIHU ROOT WINS THE 1912 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS WORK AS SECRETARY
OF WAR.  D.H. LAWRENCE WRITES "SONS AND LOVERS."
HENRY FORD ADOPTS THE CONVEYOR BELT SYSTEM USED BY THE MEAT PACKERS.
USING THE IDEA, HE BRINGS DOWN THE PRICE OF A MODEL T BY $660.
MONA LISA RECOVERED AFTER BEING STOLEN OVER 2 YEARS AGO.
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IN THE U.S. CIRCUIT COURT, THE WRIGHT BROTHERS WIN AN IMPORTANT DE-
COITION REGARDING AIRPLANE BALANCING PATENTS.THE LOSER IS GLENN
CURTIS CONGRESS CONFIRMS GEORGE W. COETHALS AS FIRST GOVERNOR OF THE
PERMANENT CIVIL GOVERNMENT OF THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE.
THE UNITED STATES NAVY IS DISPATCHED TO VERA CRUZ, MEXICO AND
MARINES TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY. THROUGH THIS PORT,GERMANY HAS BEEN
FUNNELING ARMS FOR HUERTA. AMERICANS LOSE FOUR MEN AND 20 ARE
WOUNDED. JIM EUROPE CONDUCTS AN ALL NEGRO SYMPHONY IN NEW YORK.
THE UNITED STATES NAVY IS DISPATCHED TO VERA CRUZ, MEXICO
AND MARINES TAKE CONTROL OF THE CITY.
PRES. WILSON HAS REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE HUERTA AS THE RIGHTFUL PRES.
OF MEXICO ON THE GROUNDS THAT HE HAS NOT BEEN ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE.
GERMANY DECLARES WAR ON RUSSIA AND FRANCE.  STANDING BY ITS'
TREATIES,  GREAT BRITAIN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY AS GERMAN TROOPS
ROLL INTO BELGIUM.  JAPAN DECLARES WAR ON GERMANY.  TELEPHONE LINE
INSTALLED BETWEEN N.Y. AD S.F.  U.S. DECLARES NEUTRALITY IN EUROPEAN
WAR, OFFERS TO MEDIATE.
THE GERMANS ROUT THE RUSSIANS AT TANNEBERG, DECISIVELY
WEAKENING THEIR IMPORTANCE TO ALLIED VICTORY.
IN ONE OF THE MOST STRATEGIC BATTLES OF THE WAR, THE GERMAN
JUGGERNAUT IS STOPPED DEAD IN ITS TRACKS BY THE FRENCH AT THE MARNE.
GREAT BRITAIN RESPONDS TO GERMAN NAVAL TACTICS BY
DECLARING THE ENTIRE NORTH SEA A MILITARY AREA.
THE UNITED STATES STARTS TO DISENTANGLE ITSELF FROM THE MEXICAN
MORASS BY EVACUATING TROOPS FROM VERA CRUZ, MEXICO.
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WILSON VETOES A BILL WHICH WOULD REQUIRE IMMIGRANTS TO PASS A
LITERACY TEST.  CONGRESS ESTABLISHES ROCKY MOUNTAIN NAT'L PARK.
WILSON WARNS GERMANY THAT THE U.S. WILL HOLD IT "TO A STRICT
ACCOUNTABILITY" FOR "PROPERTY ENDANGERED OR LIVES LOST."  WILSON
OPENS PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPO IN SAN FRANCISCO TO CELEBRATE PANAMA CANAL
BRITAIN DECLARES A BLOCKADE OF ALL GERMAN PORTS.
WILSON PROTESTS THE BLOCKADE OF GERMAN PORTS. HIS CONCERN IS FOR
AMERICAN SHIPPING AND NEUTRAL VESSELS DESTINED FOR NEUTRAL PORTS.
IN TEAPOT DOME,WY., WILSON CREATES NAVAL PETROLEUM RESERVE NO.3.
THE GREAT OCEAN GOING BRITISH PASSENGER SHIP LUSITANIA IS SUNK
WITHOUT WARNING, LOSING 1198 OF ITS 1924 PASSENGERS.
SECRETARY OF STATE BRYAN SENDS THE FIRST LUSITANIA NOTE TO GERMANY.
IN IT THE U.S. DEMANDS DISAVOWAL OF THE ATTACK ON THE LUSITANIA.
BRINGING NATIONS EVER CLOSER TOGETHER, WIRELESS
COMMUNICATIONS ARE SET UP BETWEEN JAPAN AND THE UNITED STATES.
A GERMAN U-BOAT SINKS THE AMERICAN VESSEL LEELANAW
OFF THE COAST OF SCOTLAND. THE SHIP IS CARRYING FLAX.
UNITED STATES BANKERS ARRANGE A MUCH NEEDED $500 MILLION LOAN TO THE
BRITISH AND FRENCH.  STEFFANSSON DISCOVERS NEW ARCTIC LAND NEAR
ALASKA.   CARRYING 27 AMERICAN PASSENGERS, THE ITALIAN LINER ANCONA
IS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING BY AN AUSTRIAN SUBMARINE.  WILSON ANNOUNCES
HIS ENGAGEMENT TO MRS. NORMAN GALT.
THE ONE MILLIONTH FORD MOTORCAR MOVES DOWN THE ASSEMBLY LINE.
THE IRON AND STEEL WORKERS STRIKE IN EAST YOUNGSTOWN, OHIO.
WILSON ASKS FOR A STANDING ARMY OF 142,000 AND A RESERVE OF 400,000.
COLONEL WILLIAM J SIMMONS REVIVES THE KU KLUX KLAN IN ATLANTA. FIRST
ALL METAL PLANE IS COMPLETES BY HUGO JUNKERS.
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THE SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT A FEDERAL INCOME TAX IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO EMBROIL THE UNITED STATES IN THE TURMOIL IN MEXICO,
GENERAL FRANCISCO "PANCHO" VILLA FORCES 18 AMERICAN MINING
ENGINEERS OFF A TRAIN AND SHOOTS THEM IN COLD BLOOD.
PANCHO VILLA LEADS AN ATTACK OF 1500 MEN INTO NEW MEXICO AND KILLS
17 AMERICANS. GENERAL JOHN PERSHING WITH 6000 MEN WILL BE ORDERED TO
PURSUE VILLA INTO MEXICO AND CAPTURE HIM. THE TWO-YEAR EFFORT
WILL RESULT IN FAILURE.   PRESIDENT OF INTERIM OLYMPIC COMMITTEE
HALTS GAMES UNTIL WAR'S END IN PARIS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATES LITTLE-KNOWN CHARLES EVANS HUGHES
FOR PRESIDENT AND CHARLES FAIRBANKS OF INDIANA FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
WHILE ACCEPTING GERMAN ASSURANCES THAT NO MORE MERCHANT VESSELS WILL
BE SUNK WITHOUT WARNING. WILSON LEADS A PREPAREDNESS PARADE IN WASH.
CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES SIGN A TREATY TO PROTECT MIGRATORY
BIRDS IN NORTH AMERICA.  WILSON DEMANDS RAILROADS GRANT 8-HOUR WORK-
DAY.  THE PROHIBITION PARTY NOMINATES FRANK HANLY OF INDIANA FOR
PRESIDENT AND IRA D. LANDRITH OF MASSACHUSETTS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
FORD MASS-PRODUCES A $250.00 TOURING AUTO.
IN A LONG DELAYED MOVE, CONGRESS ENACTS THE KEATING-OWENS ACT WHICH
BARS FROM INTERSTATE COMMERCE ANY ITEM MADE BY CHILD LABOR.
THE WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION ACT IS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, BRINGING
500,000 FEDERAL EMPLOYEES UNDER ITS UMBRELLA.
WILSON WINS THE ELECTION ON HIS PEACE AND PREPAREDNESS PLATFORM.
WILSON ASKS THE WARRING POWERS TO STATE THEIR CONDITIONS FOR PEACE
NEGOTIATIONS. NOTHING COMES OF IT BECAUSE THE ALLIES ARE
SUSPICIOUS OF AMERICAN MOTIVES.  JEANNETTE RANKIN BECOMES FIRST
WOMAN EVER ELECTED TO CONGRESS.
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THE VIRGIN ISLANDS ARE BOUGHT BY THE U.S. FROM DENMARK FOR $25
MILLION. GERMANY DECLARES THAT IT WILL RESUME UNRESTRICTED SUBMARINE
WARFARE.  PRES. WILSON BREAKS OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GERMANY
GERMANY CITING GERMANY'S RENEWED SUBMARINE WARFARE AS REASON ENOUGH
TO INTERVENE.
WOODROW WILSON IS INAUGURATED PRESIDENT.
THE AMERICAN MERCHANT SHIP ALGONQUIN IS SUNK WITHOUT WARNING.
WILSON ASKS CONGRESS TO DECLARE WAR ON GERMANY. TWO DAYS LATER,
THE VOTE IN CONGRESS IS OVERWHELMINGLY IN FAVOR OF WAR. VICTOR CO.
ISSUES 1ST JAZZ RECORDING, FEATURING "DIXIELAND JAZZ BAND ONE-STEP."
THE SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT AUTHORIZING REGISTRATION AND DRAFT OF ALL
MEN BETWEEN 21 AND 30 FOR MILITARY SERVICE IS PASSED BY CONGRESS.
FIRST OFFICERS TRAINING CAMP OPENS IN WASHINGTON.  WILSON WARNS
STIFF PUNISHMENT FOR DRAFT RESISTERS.  BRITISH GIVE WOMEN THE RIGHT
TO VOTE.
THE FIRST TRAINING FIELD FOR MILITARY AIRMEN IS OPENED AT RANTOUL,
IL.  THE HOUSE APPROPRIATES $640,000,000 FOR THE MILITARY AVIATION
PROGRAM THE ARMY WILL BEGIN THE WAR WITH 55 PLANES AND 4500
AVIATORS.  PRESIDENT WILSON DECLARES ABSOLUTE GOVERNMENT CONTROL
OVER EXPORTS OF FOOD, FUEL AND WAR SUPPLIES.
HERBERT HOOVER IS PUT IN CHARGE OF THE FOOD PROGRAM DESIGNED TO
INCREASE FOOD PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION AS SET UP BY THE LEVER
FOOD AND FUEL CONTROL ACT.  U.S. SENATE PASSES 8 BILLION DOLLAR
URGENT DEFICIENCY BILL.  WORLD'S FIRST MASS-PRODUCED TRACTOR MADE
IN DEARBORN, MICHIGAN.
THE BOLSHEVIKS OVERTHROW THE KERENSKI GOVERNMENT OF RUSSIA
AND WILL SOON MAKE PEACE WITH GERMANY.  THE UNITED STATES DECLARES
WAR ON AUSTRIA-HUNGARY.  41 SUFFRAGETTES ARRESTED FOR DEMONSTRATING
OUTSIDE WHITE HOUSE.  NOBEL PRIZE AWARDED TO INTERNATIONAL RED
CROSS.
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WILSON SETS FORTH HIS FAMOUS "FOURTEEN POINTS" FOR PEACE IN THE
WORLD.  MUSCLE SHOALS DAM IS GIVEN A GO-AHEAD BY WILSON. IT WILL
SPAN THE TENNESSEE RIVER AND PROVIDE MUCH NEEDED ELECTRICITY FOR THE
WAR EFFORT.  N.Y. TIMES BEGINS HOME DELIVERY.  U.S. ENTERS NEW YEAR
WITH A NATIONAL DEBT OF $5.6 MILLION.
RUSSIA, UNDER ITS NEW BOLSHEVIK GOVERNMENT, SIGNS A PEACE TREATY
WITH GERMANY.  FIRST DAY OF DAYLIGHT SAVINGS REPROTED AS BIG SUCCESS
IN CONSERVING FUEL FOR U.S.  GENERAL FERDINAND FOCH IS MADE SUPREME
COMMANDER OF ALLIED FORCES, INCLUDING THE AMERICANS. SOME 313,000
TROOPS ARRIVE IN JULY.
IN A BATTLE WHICH HAS LASTED ALMOST TWO WEEKS, THE MARINE BRIGADE
OF THE U.S. 2ND DIVISION CAPTURES BOURESCHE AND BELLEAU WOOD.
THE MARINES SUFFER 9500 CASUALTIES, ALMOST 55 PERCENT, BUT FINALLY
TAKE THE OFFENSIVE IN A HIDEOUS SQUARE MILE OF BATTLE FIELD.
THE ALLIES HALT THE GERMAN'S FOUR-MONTH DRIVE IN A FIGHT KNOWN AS
THE SECOND BATTLE OF THE MARIE.  U.S. SECRETARY BAKER RULES BASEBALL
A NON-ESSENTIAL OCCUPATION. 10,000 AMERICANS JOIN JAPAN IN OCCUPYING
VLADIVOSTOK ON THE PACIFIC, AND SOME OF SIBERIA.  WAR INDUSTRY BOARD
DECLARES MOVING PICTURES AN "ESSENTIAL INDUSTRY."
THE STRATEGIC ST MIHIEL SALIENT IS TAKEN BY THE INDEPENDENT AMERICAN
FORCES UNDER GENERAL PERSHING. 15,000 GERMANS ARE MADE PRISONERS.
IN THE FINAL MAJOR BATTLE OF THE WAR, THE ALLIES PLAN AN OFFENSIVE
FROM YPRES TO VERDUN. 896,000 AMERICAN TROOPS WERE IN THE ATTACK.
AUSTRIA SUES ITALY FOR AN ARMISTICE, AND ON NOVEMBER 4 SURRENDERS.
THE WAR WILL HAVE COST AMERICA $41,755,000,000; THERE WILL HAVE BEEN
130,174 DEATHS AND 203,460 WOUNDED.  LAST FOOD BANS ARE LIFTED IN
U.S.  PRESIDENT WILSON IS GREETED AS A CONQUERING HERO THROUGHOUT
EUROPE.
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THE SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT THE ESPIONAGE ACT DOES NOT VIOLATE THE
FIRST AMENDMENT.  388-CARAT, SOFT BLUE-WHITE DIAMOND FOUND IN SOUTH
AFRICA.  THE 18TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION IS RATIFIED WHEN
NEBRASKA AGREES TO THE PROHIBITION MEASURE ON JANUARY 16TH.
UNITED PARCEL SERVICE IS INCORPORATED IN OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.
THE AMERICAN LEGION IS FORMED IN PARIS BY ABOUT 1000
DELEGATES FROM UNITS OF THE AMERICAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE.
THE PEACE CONFERENCE BEGINS IN PARIS, GERMANY IS PREPARED TO SIT
DOWN AND NEGOTIATE A PEACE TREATY BASED ON WILSON'S FOURTEEN POINTS.
THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IS GIVEN TO BOOTH TARKINGTON FOR
NOVEL "THE MAGNIFICENT AMBER SONS".   THE PEACE CONFERENCE ENDS WITH
THE SIGNING OF THE VERSAILLES TREATY.   FIRST NON-STOP FLIGHT ACROSS
THE ATLANTIC OCEAN COMPLETED.  BRIG. GENL. DOUGLAS MacARTHUR NAMED
TO HEAD WESTPOINT.
THE FIRST DAILY AIR MAIL SERVICE IS ESTABLISHED BETWEEN CHICAGO AND
NEW YORK.  ITALY ASKS U.S. BANKERS FOR $1 BILLION LOAN.
WITH THE SIGNING OF THE PEACE TREATY, THE EMBARGO ON TRADE TO
GERMANY IS LIFTED AND THE UNITED STATES RESUMES BUSINESS RELATIONS.
THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS FORMED IN CHICAGO, IL. PARTY MOTTO IS
"WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!" FIRST MEMBERS ARE MOSTLY RUSSIAN.
WHEN 1117 OF BOSTON'S 1544 POLICEMEN GO ON STRIKE,
GOVERNOR CALVIN COOLIDGE PROMPTLY HIRES NEW PATROLMEN.
SHOWING SIGNS OF EXHAUSTION, WILSON SUFFERS A STROKE IN COLORADO.
THE SENATE REFUSES TO RATIFY THE VERSAILLES TREATY
BY A VOTE 55-39. THE MOST POPULAR WAR IN AMERICAN HISTORY COMES
TO A SQUABBLING END WITH OPPORTUNITIES LOST AND HOPES FORECLOSED.
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THE 18TH AMENDMENT BRINGS ABOUT A NEW ERA AS IT
GOES INTO EFFECT AT MIDNIGHT ON JANUARY 16TH.
THE ESCH-CUMMINS TRANSPORTATION ACT CREATES THE
RAILROAD LABOR BOARD TO SUPERVISE RAILROAD REGULATION.
TREATY OF VERSAILLES GOES INTO EFFECT.
THE MAVERICK STATE OF NEW JERSEY TESTS THE NEW PROHIBITION
AMENDMENT BY DECLARING 3.5 PERCENT BEER LEGAL.
IN UNITED STATES VS. UNITED STATES STEEL CORPORATION, THE
SUPREME COURT FINDS THAT THE LARGE CORP. IS NOT AN ILLEGAL MONOPOLY.
DOUGLAS FAIRBANKS & MARY PICKFORD MARRY IN LOS ANGELES.
THE SOCIALIST LABOR PARTY NOMINATES W.W. COX FOR
PRESIDENT AND AUGUST GILHAUS OF BROOKLYN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
CONGRESS PASSES THE ARMY REORGANIZATION ACT WHICH
WILL ESTABLISH A PEACE TIME ARMY OF SOME 300,000 MEN.  U.S. POST
OFFICE DEPT. RULES CHILDREN MAY NOT BE SENT BY PARCEL POST.
CONGRESS ENACTS THE WATER POWER ACT AND CREATES THE
FEDERAL POWER COMMISSION TO REGULATE POWER PLANTS.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES THE LITTLE-KNOWN JAMES M. COX,
GOVERNOR OF OHIO, FOR PRESIDENT AND FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT FOR
THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE IS GIVEN TO WOODROW WILSON.
THE 19TH AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION WHICH GIVES WOMEN SUFFRAGE
IS ENACTED. TO EDUCATE WOMEN IN THE WAYS OF POLITICS, THE
NATIONAL LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS IS ORGANIZED THIS SAME YEAR.
8 CHICAGO WHITE SOX ARRESTED FOR FIXING 1919 WORLD SERIES.
THE FIRST REGULAR BROADCASTING SERVICE IS INITIATED BY
STATION KDKA IN EAST PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA.
HARDING WINS BY 404 ELECTORAL VOTES TO THE DEMOCRAT'S IGNOMINIOUS
27.  HARDING WINS A POPULAR VOTE OF 16,152,200;THE DEMOCRATS WIN
9,147,353.
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THE WAR FINANCE CORPORATION IS PUT BACK INTO OPERATION TO HELP
BADLY DEPRESSED FARM AREAS. CONGRESS HAS HAD TO OVERRIDE PRESIDENT
WILSON'S VETO.  CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES TEACHERS FALLING BELOW
INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS DUE TO LOW PAY.  AIRMAIL SERVICE BEGINS
BETWEEN NEW YORK AND SAN FRANCISCO.
THE GENIAL MACHINE POLITICIAN FROM WISCONSIN, WARREN
GAMALIEL HARDING, IS INAUGURATED 29TH PRESIDENT AS THE U.S.
PROFESSOR ALBERT EINSTEIN ARRIVES IN NEW YORK TO GIVE
A LECTURE ON HIS NEW THEORY OF RELATIVITY.  POLICE IN SANBURY
REQUIRE SKIRTS TO BE WORN AT LEAST 4 INCHES BELOW THE KNEE.
THE MOVE IS ON FROM RURAL TO URBAN AS 51 PERCENT OF THE
POPULATION IS FOUND TO BE LIVING IN TOWNS 2500 OR OVER.
ALICE ROBERTSON OF OKLAHOMA PRESIDES OVER THE HOUSE OF
REPRESENTATIVES SHE IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO DO SO. HER SESSION LASTS
30 MINUTES.
PRESIDENT HARDING SIGNS A JOINT RESOLUTION OF CONGRESS
DECLARING AN END TO WAR WITH GERMANY. THE PEACE TREATY WILL BE
SIGNED IN AUGUST.  INSULIN REPORTED DISCOVERED BY CANADIAN BIO-
CHEMISTS.  CONNECTICUT REQUIRES LICENSING OF BARBERS WHO BOB HAIR.
SLUMP IN MOVIE PATRONAGE REPORTED, PUZZLING FILMMAKERS.
HERBERT HOOVER PRESIDES OVER A NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON UNEMPLOYMENT.
A COROLLARY TO THE MASS OF WORKERS WITHOUT JOBS IS THE SPREAD
OF VIOLENCE, LED BY A REVITALIZED KU KLUX KLAN.  TARZAN OF THE APES
OPENS ON BROADWAY WITH LIONS APES AND OTHER JUNGLE ANIMALS.  ELLIS
ISLAND TO CLOSE ON SUN. DUE TO NUMBER OF IMMIGRANTS BEING DETAINED.
HARDING SIGNS THE ORDER RELEASING EUGENE V. DEBS FROM PRISON.
HARDING CHANGES THE DATE OF THE PARDON FROM DEC. 31,1921 TO DEC. 24
BECAUSE "I WANT HIM TO EAT HIS CHRISTMAS DINNER WITH HIS WIFE."
STRIKING MILK DRIVERS OF NEW YORK DUMP THOUSANDS OF GALLONS OF MILK
IN CITY STREETS.
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THE WORLD WAR FOREIGN DEBT COMMISSION IS ESTABLISHED BY CONGRESS
TO SETTLE THE THORNY PROBLEM OF ALLIED WAR AND POSTWAR LOANS.
GREAT BRITAIN OWES OVER $4 BILLION. FRANCE SOME $3 BILLION AND
ITALY OVER $1,600,000,000.  FORD MOTOR CO. PURCHASES LINCOLN MOTOR
CO. FOR $8 MILLION.
IN A UNANIMOUS DECISION, THE SUPREME COURT FINDS THE 19TH AMENDMENT
GIVING WOMEN SUFFRAGE TO BE CONSTITUTIONAL.  THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR
THE BEST NOVEL OF THE YEAR GOES TO BOOTH TARKINGTON FOR "ALICE
ADAMS."  CENSUS REPORTS 11% OF U.S. POPULATION SPEAKS NO ENGLISH.
HONOLULU ORDERS WAIKIKI BEACH BATTLERS TO WEAR CLOTHES.
THE CREATION OF THE FEDERAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD IS SIGNED INTO
LAW BY HARDING.  PRESIDENT HARDING DEDICATES THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.
THE BASEBALL WORLD SERIES IS BROADCASTED ON RADIO FOR THE FIRST
TIME.  LOUIS BRENNEN ANNOUNCES THE INVENTION OF THE HELICOPTER THAT
ASCENDS AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE GROUND.
THE CABLE ACT IS PASSED BY CONGRESS. IN THE FUTURE, AN AMERICAN
WOMAN WHO MARRIES AN ALIEN WILL NOT LOSE HER CITIZENSHIP;
NEITHER WILL A WOMAN MARRYING AN AMERICAN AUTOMATICALLY
BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.  SEDUCTIVE AROMAS/PERFUMES BANNED IN
ATLANTIC CITY'S BEAUTY PAGEANT.
THE FIRST WOMAN TO BECOME A SENATOR IS REBECCA L. FELTON
WHO IS APPOINTED BY THE GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA TO FILL A
VACANCY CAUSED BY THE DEATH OF THOMAS E. WATSON.  N.Y. APELLATE
COURT RULES THAT THE SUBURBAN (STATION WAGON) IS A PASSENGER
VEHICLE GRANTING LOWER LICENSING RATES.
THE LUSTER OF "KING" OLIVER'S CREOLE JAZZ BAND, ALREADY
ONE OF THE LEGENDARY GREAT JAZZ GROUPS OF ALL TIME, SHINES
EVEN BRIGHTER AS LOUIS ARMSTRONG JOINS IN AS ITS NEW CORNETIST.
N.Y. POSTMASTER GENERAL ORDERS ALL HOMES TO GET MAILBOXES OR
RELINQUISH MAIL DELIVERY.
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THE LAST OF THE AMERICAN TROOPS STATIONED IN GERMANY ARE WITHDRAWN
BY HARDING.  N.Y. BOWLERS FIGHT FOUR DRY AGENTS FOR THE RIGHT TO
KEEP BEERIN THE BOWLING ALLEY.  MONTANA AND NEVADA ENACT OLD AGE
PENSIONS, PROVIDING UP TO $25 FOR QUALIFYING PEOPLE OVER SEVENTY.
U.S. FASHION TREND:  GRANDMOTHER'S SHAWLS.
CONGRESS ADOPTS THE INTERMEDIATE CREDIT ACT, THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
OF WHICH IS TO GIVE RELIEF TO FARMERS. THE ACT AUTHORIZES THE
FEDERAL RESERVE TO ADD AN INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK TO EACH OF ITS
DISTRICTS IN ORDER TO AID IN FINANCING AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES.
HARDING, DEPRESSED AND WORRIED BY THE SCANDALS THAT ARE
BUBBLING UP AMONG HIS MOST TRUSTED COMPANIONS, BEGINS
A TOUR OF THE WEST AND ALASKA.  N.Y. LEGISLATURE VOTES TO REPEAL
ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITION.  BEACH CENSORS BAN ONE-PIECE BATHING
SUITS IN ATLANTIC CITY, NEW JERSEY.
UPON HIS RETURN FROM ALASKA, PRES. HARDING, SUFFERING FROM AN ATTACK
OF PTOMAINE POISONING, DEVELOPS PNEUMONIA. HE SEEMS TO BE RECOVERING
WHEN HE DIES OF AN EMBOLISM, OR WHAT IS THEN CALLED APOPLEXY.
CALVIN COOLIDGE IS SWORN IN AS 30TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES STEEL, UNDER PRESSURE FROM HARDING FOR OVER A YEAR,
FINALLY RELENTS AND INSTITUTES THE 8-HOUR DAY. IT IS A
MILESTONE FOR LABOR. OTHER INDUSTRIES WILL FOLLOW U.S. STEEL'S LEAD.
SPANKING MACHINE PROPOSED IN WINNIPEG FOR FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS.
PARIS REPORTS FRENCH WOMEN USE AVERAGE OF 2 LBS FACE POWDER/YEAR.
OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR J.C. WALTON PLACES THE STATE UNDER MARTIAL LAW
IN ORDER TO QUELL THE RISING TERRORISM OF THE KU KLUX KLAN.
THE KLAN, INEVITABLY REVITALIZED BY DEPRESSION CONDITIONS, IS USING
TERRORIST TACTICS TO AFFECT THE POLITICS OF MIDWESTERN STATES.
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GEORGE GERSHWIN'S INNOVATIVE AND EVER-POPULAR SYMPHONIC
WORK "RHAPSODY IN BLUE" RECEIVES ITS FIRST PERFORMANCE.
THE SOLDIER'S BONUS BILL IS PASSED BY THE HOUSE. IT OFFERS 20-YEAR
ANNUITIES FOR VETERANS AND WILL COST $2,000,000,000.
CONGRESS ENACTS A NEW IMMIGRATION LAW, TO ADMIT ONLY 2% OF THE
NATIONALITY THAT WAS IN THE COUNTRY IN 1890.  JAPANESE WILL BE
TOTALLY EXCLUDED. CANADIANS AND MEXICANS WILL BE UNAFFECTED. DOUGLAS
FAIRBANKS STARS IN THE PREMIERE OF "THE THIEF OF BAGHDAD."  MOVIE
GIANTS GOLDWYN AND MAYOR MERGE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATES CALVIN COOLIDGE FOR PRESIDENT
AND CHARLES G. DAWES OF ILLINOIS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES JOHN W. DAVIS OF WEST VIRGINIA
FOR PRESIDENT AND CHARLES W. BRYAN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.  AMERICAN
COMPOSERS AND AUTHORS CALL MOVIES AND RADIO "PARASITIC."
THE WORKER'S PARTY NOMINATES WILLIAM Z. FOSTER OF ILLINOIS FOR
PRESIDENT AND BENJAMIN GITLOW OF N.Y. FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
FOR PRESIDENT AND CHARLES W. BRYAN FOR VICE-PRESIDENT. NATIONAL
COUNCIL OF CATHOLIC WOMEN CAMPAIGNS FOR MODESTY IN DRESS.
THE UNITED STATES SIGNS A TREATY WITH THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
WHICH SUPERSEDES THE ONE OF 1907. IN JULY, THE UNITED STATES
HAD FINALLY LEFT THE ISLAND.  INDIANS IN ARIZONA VOTE FOR 1ST TIME
UNDER NEW CITIZENSHIP LAWS.  NATIONAL LUTHERAN COUNCIL BANS JAZZ
IN CHURCH MUSIC.
CALVIN COOLIDGE IS ELECTED PRESIDENT BY AN ELECTORAL VOTE OF
382 TO THE DEMOCRATS 136 AND LA FOLLETTE'S 13. COOLIDGE
RECEIVES 15,725,000 POPULAR VOTES, DAVIS, 8,386,000, AND
LA FOLLETTE RECEIVES A SURPRISINGLY LARGE 4,823,000.  CHARLIE
CHAPLIN WEDS 16 YEAR OLD LITA GREY.
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CONTINUING ITS TRADITION OF FAIRNESS IN ITS TREATMENT OF WOMEN,
WYOMING INAUGURATES THE COUNTRY'S FIRST WOMAN GOVERNOR, NELLIE
TAYLOR ROSS.  CROSSWORD PUZZLE STOCKINGS ARE THE LATEST NOVELTY
OF PARIS HOSIERY MAKERS.  JACK DEMPSEY WEDS ACTRESS IDA ESTELLE
TAYLOR.
CALVIN COOLIDGE IS INAUGURATED AS PRESIDENT. ALTHOUGH TECHNICALLY
HIS SECOND TERM, IT IS HIS FIRST ELECTED ONE, HE HAS PREVIOUSLY
SERVED OUT THE TWO YEARS REMAINING UPON HARDING'S DEATH.  TENNESSE
BANS THE TEACHING OF EVOLUTION IN SCHOOLS.  SURVEY REVEALS THAT
AMERICANS ARE PRIMARILY STEAK EATERS.
JOHN T. SCOPES, TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN DAYTON,
TENNESSEE, IS ARRESTED FOR TEACHING DARWIN'S THEORY OF
EVOLUTION. HE WILL BE BROUGHT TO TRIAL IN JULY.  AMERICANS POUR INTO
CANADA FOR BEER, AVAILABLE FOR FIRST TIME SINCE WAR.  WALTER
CHRYSLER FORMS CHRYSLER MOTOR CO.
THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION IS PRESENTED TO EDNA FERBER
FOR "SO BIG", THIS SEEMS A RATHER ARBITARY CHOICE BECAUSE
SEVERAL IMPORTANT WORKS ARE PUBLISHED THIS YEAR, INCLUDING
THEODORE DRESIER'S "AN AMERICAN TRAGEDY".  SWEDISH ACTRESS GRETA
GARBO ARRIVES IN N.Y. ENROUTE TO HOLLYWOOD.
CHARLES G. DAWES SHARES THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WITH SIR
AUSTIN CHAMBERLAIN. DAWES RECEIVES HIS SHARE FOR HIS
PLAN FOR SOLVING THE GERMAN REPARATIONS PROBLEM.
THE CHARLESTON IS THE NEWEST DANCE CRAZE SWEEPING THE NATION.
COLONEL WILLIAM "BILLY" MITCHELL IS SUSPENDED FROM THE ARMY
FOR FIVE YEARS WITHOUT PAY. HE HAS ACCUSED HIS SUPERIORS
OF "ALMOST TREASONABLE ADMINISTRATION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE."
MITCHELL PROCEEDS TO RESIGN FROM THE ARMY.  FLAPPERS DRESSES
BECOME THE POPULAR THING.
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REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD AND FLOYD BENNETT MAKE THE FIRST
SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE.
THE UNITED STATES MARINES LAND IN NICARAGUA TO QUELL A REVOLT.
THE U.S. MILITARY PRESENCE WILL REMAIN THERE UNTIL 1933.
IRVING BERLIN WEDS HEIRESS ELLIN MACKAY .
THE UNITED STATES AND FRANCE SIGN AN AGREEMENT WHICH WILL
ULTIMATELY CANCEL 60 PERCENT OF THE FRENCH DEBT. FRANCE
AGREES TO REPAY $4 BILLION OVER 62 YEARS AT 1.6 PERCENT INTEREST.
M.B. SKAGGS INCORPORATED SAFEWAY STORES.  AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF
UNIVERSITY PROFS. CALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL A MORAL MENACE.
REAR ADMIRAL RICHARD E. BYRD AND FLOYD BENNETT MAKE THE
FIRST SUCCESSFUL FLIGHT OVER THE NORTH POLE.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE ARMY AIR CORPS.
CONGRESS ENACTS THE AIR COMMERCE ACT, GIVING THE DEPARTMENT
OF COMMERCE CONTROL OVER LICENSING OF AIRCRAFT AND PILOTS AND THIS
IS A STEP TOWARD FEDERAL REGULATION OF MANY OF SOCIETY'S ACTIVITIES.
A NAVAL AMMUNITION DEPOT AT LAKE DENMARK, N.J., EXPLODES
WHEN HIT BY LIGHTNING. IT IS THE WORST SUCH DISASTER IN
THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. MILITARY. 31 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR
LIVES, AND DAMAGE IS ESTIMATED AT $93,000,000.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS THE POWER
TO REMOVE HIS OWN CABINET MEMBERS AND OTHER APPOINTEES.
GERTRUDE EDERLE, AN AMERICAN FROM NEW YORK, IS THE FIRST WOMAN TO
SWIM THE ENGLISH CHANNEL; SHE MAKES HER RECORD SWIM IN 14 HOURS,
31 MINUTES.
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THE MCNARY-HAUGEN BILL IS PASSED BY THE SENATE AFTER SOME
THREE YEARS OF CONSIDERATION. THE PLAN IS FOR THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT TO PURCHASE AGRICULTURAL SURPLUSES TO BE SOLD
AT WORLD MARKET PRICES. THE PLAN IS VETOED BY COOLIDGE.
CHARLES A. LINDBERGH FLIES HIS MONO PLANE "THE SPIRIT OF ST. LOUIS",
FROM NEW YORK TO PARIS. IT IS THE FIRST SUCH ATLANTIC CROSSING.
LINDBERGH COVERS THE 3600 MILES IN 33 AND A HALF HOURS. PAN AMERICAN
AIRLINES IS INCORPORATED IN NEW YORK.  MAE WEST FOUND GUILTY OF
SEXY ACTING AND INDECENCY.
PARIS FEATURES BOYISH FASHIONS FOR WOMEN WITH REDUCED BUSTLINES AND
SLIM HIPS.  THE 15 MILLIONTH MODEL T ROLES OFF THE ASSEMBLY LINE
AND IS NICKNAMED "TIN LIZZIE."   CHARLES LINDBERG AWARDED LEGION OF
HONOR IN PARIS.  U.S. TREASURY DEPARTMENT DECIDES TO CUT SIZE OF
PAPER MONEY BY ONE-THIRD.
COOLIDGE SCOTCHES ANY MOVES TO INDUCE HIM TO RUN FOR WHAT COULD
BE CONSTRUED AS A THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT. IN HIS LACONIC
STYLE HE EXPLAINS: "I DO NOT CHOOSE TO RUN."  "PEACE BRIDGE" OVER
NIAGARA FALLS, LINKING CANADA AND U.S., IS OPENED.  THOMAS EDISON
MARKS 50TH YEAR OF PHONOGRAPH.
ST. LOUIS IS DESTROYED BY A TORNADO. IN FIVE MINUTES MORE THAN 1000
HOMES ARE A TANGLED MASS OF WRECKAGE, 87 PEOPLE ARE DEAD AND MORE
THAN 1500 INJURED. THE COST WILL AMOUNT TO SOME $50,000,000.
FOX MOVIE-TONE NEWS BECOMES THE WORLD'S FIRST SOUND NEWS FILM
RELEASED.
THE ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS AND SCIENCES IS FORMED;
IT WILL NOT BEGIN PRESENTATION OF ITS AWARDS, LATER TO BE
KNOWN AS "OSCARS," UNTIL 1929.
THE FIRST "TALKIE," THE JAZZ SINGER, STARING AL JOLSON, IS RELEASED.
FORD INTRODUCES THE MODEL A.
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THE SOCIALIST PARTY NOMINATES NORMAN THOMAS OF NEW YORK FOR
PRESIDENT AND JAMES H. MAURER FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE WORKER'S PARTY NOMINATES WILLIAM Z. FOSTER OF ILLINOIS
FOR PRESIDENT AND BENJAMIN GITLOW FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.  MILLIONS
HEAR WILL ROGERS HISTORIC NATIONAL RADIO BROADCAST.
ST. FRANCIS DAM IN CALIFORNIA COLLAPSES SPILLING 12 BILLION GALLONS
OF WATER.  CARL DREYER'S FILM "THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC" IS
RELEASED.  GARY COOPER OPENS IN HIS 9TH FEATURE FILM "LEGION OF
THE CONDEMNED.  AN ARBITRATION TREATY IS SIGNED BETWEEN ITALY AND
THE U.S.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATES HERBERT HOOVER OF CALIFORNIA
AND CHARLES CURTIS OF KANSAS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NOMINATES CATHOLIC ALFRED E. SMITH AND
JOSEPH T. ROBINSON OF ARKANSAS FOR VICE-PRESIDENT.  AMELIA
EARHART BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO FLY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.
RICHARD E. BYRD, UNITED STATES NAVAL OFFICER, BEGINS
THE FIRST LEG OF HIS FLIGHT TO THE SOUTH POLE.
THE NORWEGIAN ROLAND AMUNDSEN HAS ALREADY REACHED THE POLE IN 1911.
DAVEN CORP. OF NEWARK, N.J. OFFERS FIRST T.V. FOR ONLY $75.00.
PRESIDENT OF UNITED ARTISTS SAYS TALKING MOVIES ARE JUST A FAD.
THE PACT OF PARIS, ALSO KNOWN AS THE KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT,
IS SIGNED BY THE UNITED STATES AND 15 NATIONS.
HERBERT HOOVER LEAVES FOR AN EXTENDED GOODWILL TOUR OF SOUTH
AMERICA.  MAE WEST AND THE CAST OF "PLEASURE MAN" ARE ARRESTED AND
HELD FOR INDECENCY.
REPUBLICAN HERBERT HOOVER WINS THE ELECTION BY 444
ELECTORAL VOTES TO 87 FOR AL SMITH.
AMERICA.  THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION IS AWARDED TO THORNTON
WILDER.
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IN CHICAGO, SIX GANGSTERS ARE LINED UP AGAINST A GARAGE
WALL AND SHOT TO DEATH BY A RIVAL GANG; WHAT IS KNOWN AS
"THE ST. VALENTINE'S DAY MASSACRE."
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IS AWARDED TO FRANK KELLOGG.  SHEFFIELD
FARMS BEGINS USING MILK CARTONS INSTEAD OF MILK BOTTLES.
HEBERT HOOVER IS INAUGURATED AS THE 31ST PRESIDENT.
CONGRESS PASSES THE CRUISER ACT, AUTHORIZING THE CONSTRUCTION OF
19 NEW CRUISERS AND 1 AIRCRAFT CARRIER.  FOX FILM CORP. ANNOUNCES
IT WILL PRODUCE EXCLUSIVELY MUSICAL FILMS.  "MADAME X" STARRING
RUTH CHATTERTON OPENS IN NEW YORK.
THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS A LOWER COURT'S DENIAL OF CITIZENSHIP
TO ROSIKA SCHWIMMER, A HUNGARIAN IMMIGRANT WHO WAS AN AVOWED
PACIFIST. THE FINANCIAL EXPERTS IN PARIS ANNOUNCE THEIR AGREEMENT ON
THE YOUNG PLAN, IT SETS UP A NEW SCHEDULE OF PAYMENTS OF GERMAN
REPARATIONS.
HOOVER FORMALLY PROCLAIMS THAT THE KELLOGG-BRIAND PACT IS IN EFFECT.
THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1924 GOES INTO EFFECT; IT INSTITUTES A QUOTA
SYSTEM FOR IMMIGRANTS IN THE U.S.  N.Y. TELEPHONE REPORTS THAT N.Y.
CITY MAKES 100 CALLS A SECOND.  BABE RUTH HITS HISTORIC 500TH
HOME RUN.
ON WHAT BECOMES KNOWN AS "BLACK TUESDAY," THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE SEES SOME 16,000,000 SHARES SOLD AT DECLINING PRICES.
THIS IS THE MOST CATASTROPHIC DAY IN THE MARKET'S HISTORY AND
BECOMES THE FORERUNNER OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION.  EDISON, FORD AND
HOOVER CELEBRATE THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ELECTRIC LIGHT.
SOME $30,000,000,000 IN VALUE OF LISTED STOCKS HAS BEEN WIPED OUT
IN THE N.Y. STOCK EXCHANGE; SOME OF THOSE WHO HAVE SEEN
THEIR FORTUNES VANISH KILL THEMSELVES.  HENRY FORD ANNOUNCES HE
WILL RAISE WAGES IN ALL OF HIS PLANTS.  THE NEW YORK MUSEUM OF
MODERN ART OPENS.
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CHARLES EVENS HUGHES IS NAMED BY PRESIDENT HOOVER TO SUCCEED WILLIAM
HOWARD TAFT AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE SUPREME COURT.
AN INTERNATIONAL NAVAL CONFERENCE MEETS IN LONDON TO CONTINUE
THE WORK BEGUN AT THE WASHINGTON CONFERENCE OF 1921-22.
CONGRESS VOTES TO APPROPRIATE SOME $300 MILLION
FOR FEDERAL AID TO STATES FOR ROAD CONSTRUCTION.
IN ONE OF THE WORST FIRES IN THE NATION'S HISTORY, SOME 320
PRISONERS AT THE OHIO STATE PENITENTIARY ARE BURNED TO DEATH,
DUE TO OVERCROWDING.
PRES. HOOVER SIGNS THE HAWLEY-SMOOT TARIFF ACT, RAISING DUTIES ON
MANY ITEMS, IN SOME CASES SO HIGH THAT THEY ARE EFFECTIVELY
PROHIBITIVE. POLL TAKEN BY ONE OF THE NATION'S LEADING PERIODICALS,
THE LITERARY DIGEST, SHOWS THAT THE MAJORITY FAVOR THE REPEAL OF THE
18TH AMENDMENT.
A COPY OF JAMES JOYCE'S NEW NOVEL, "ULYSSES", SENT FROM ITS PARIS
PUBLISHER TO A NEW YORK PUBLISHER, IS SEIZED BY THE BUREAU
OF CUSTOMS ON THE GROUNDS THAT IT IS "OBSCENE."
CONGRESS PASSES THE VETERANS ADMINISTRATION ACT, TO AID
EX-SERVICEMEN.
THE FIRST ELECTRIC PASSENGER TRAIN IN THE U.S. IS RUN AS AN
EXPERIMENT BY THOMAS EDISON; IT GOES BETWEEN HOBOKEN AND MONTCLAIR,
NEW JERSEY.  UNEMPLOYMENT IS NOW ESTIMATED TO HAVE REACHED AT LEAST
4,500,000.  TWA IS FORMED THROUGH THE MERGER OF THREE AIRLINES.
GERSHWIN MUSICAL "GIRL CRAZY" OPENS IN NEW YORK.
THE BANK OF THE UNITED STATES, A MAJOR PRIVATE NEW
YORK BANK WITH SOME 60 BRANCHES AND 400,000 DEPOSITORS, CLOSES.
1300 U.S. BANKS HAVE BEEN CLOSED SINCE THE LATE FALL OF 1929.
BREWERY HEIR ADOLPHUS BUSCH IS KIDNAPPED.  YALE PHYSICIST SETS THE
EARTHS AGE AT 1.825 BILLION YEARS.
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THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE PROCEDURES FOLLOWED FOR
ADOPTING THE 18TH AMENDMENT WERE CONSTITUTIONAL.
NINE YOUNG BLACK BOYS ARE ARRESTED IN SCOTTSBORO, ALABAMA, AND ARE
CHARGED WITH RAPING A WHITE WOMAN. THEY ARE FOUND GUILTY.
THE FEDERAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES OF CHRIST OF AMERICA GIVES QUALIFIED
APPROVAL TO SOME MEASURES OF BIRTH CONTROL.
CONGRESS PASSES, AND HOOVER SIGNS, THE ACT THAT DESIGNATES
"THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER" AS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM.  REPORTS PUT
U.S. PER CAPITA WEALTH AT $2,977.00.
THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING IS FORMALLY DEDICATED.
PRES. HOOVER PROPOSES THAT ALL NATIONS DECLARE A 1 YEAR MORATORIUM
ON ALL INTER GOVERNMENTAL DEBTS AND REPARATIONS.
THE FIRST SINGLE-PLANE ROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT TAKES 8 1/2 DAYS.
IN KANSAS, AS FARMERS BEGIN TO PRODUCE A BUMPER CROP OF
WHEAT, PRICES BEGIN TO COLLAPSE.
JAPAN MARCHES INTO MANCHURIA, A VAST REGION OF CHINA, WHICH
EFFECTIVELY LAUNCHES JAPAN ON WHAT WILL BECOME WORLD WAR II. WORLD'S
LARGEST PASSENGER AIRLINER COMPLETES 1ST TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT.
THE NOTORIOUS GANGSTER AL CAPONE IS FOUND GUILTY IN THE FEDERAL
COURT IN CHICAGO OF INCOME TAX EVASION. HE IS SENTENCED TO 11 YEARS
IN PRISON AND A $50,000 FINE. HE WAS RELEASED FROM PRISON IN 1939.
THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE IS OPENED, IT SPANS 3500 FEET OVER
THE HUDSON RIVER.
THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR PEACE IS SHARED BY TWO AMERICANS,
JANE ADDAMS AND NICHOLAS MURRAY BUTLER.
HUNDREDS OF AMERICAN "HUNGER MARCHERS" DESCEND ON WASHINGTON,D.C.,
TO SEEK EMPLOYMENT AT SOME MINIMUM WAGE.  AMERICAN CHEMIST
DISCOVERS HALOGEN, THE 85TH ELEMENT.
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HATTIE W. CARAWAY IS APPOINTED SENATOR FROM ARKANSAS TO FILL
THE UNEXPIRED TERM OF HER LATE HUSBAND.
CHARLES A LINDBERGH JR., THE 19-MONTH OLD CHILD OF CHARLES LINDBERGH
IS KIDNAPPED IN HOPEWELL, N.J. THEY DEMAND A RANSOM OF $50,000.
FDR INAUGURATES THE WINTER OLYMPICS AT LAKE PLACID.
THE SOCIALIST PARTY MEETS IN MILWAUKEE AND NOMINATES
NORMAN THOMAS FOR THE PRESIDENCY.
17,000 VETERANS ARRIVE IN WASHINGTON,D.C., TO SUPPORT THEIR DEMAND
THAT THEY BE ALLOWED TO CASH IN THEIR BONUS CERTIFICATES FROM WWI.
JOHNNY WEISSMULLER STARS IN MOVIE "TARZAN."
AMELIA EARHART BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN TO MAKE A SOLO TRANSATLANTIC
FLIGHT; SHE FLIES FROM NEWFOUNDLAND TO IRELAND, IN 13 1/2 HOURS.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY CONVENES IN CHICAGO AND NOMINATES PRESIDENT
HOOVER AND VICE-PRESIDENT CHARLES CURTIS ON THE FIRST BALLOT.
PRESIDENT HOOVER SIGNS THE RELIEF AND RECONSTRUCTION ACT, A BILL
DESIGNED TO ENLARGE THE PROGRAMS OF THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE CORP.
THE WASHINGTON POLICE FORCE TRIES TO REMOVE THE REMAINING 2000 OF
THE BONUS ARMY BUT IN THE CONFRONTATION 2 COPS AND 2 VETERANS ARE
KILLED.
THE UNEMPLOYED IN THE UNITED STATES REACH A PEAK OF SOME
13,000,000 BY THE END OF THE YEAR.
THE CONTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY DECLARES A MORATORIUM ON FORECLOSURES
OF FIRST MORTGAGES, INCREASING THE NUMBER UNABLE TO KEEP UP
PAYMENTS.
THE TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER IS DEDICATED IN ARLINGTON CEMETERY.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BY A LANDSLIDE.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE "SCOTTSBORO BOYS" HAD NOT BEEN
PROPERLY REPRESENTED BY COUNSEL AND THUS A RETRIAL IS GRANTED.
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PRESIDENT-ELECT ROOSEVELT IS SHOT AT BY A WOULD-BE ASSASSIN,
GIUSEPPE ZANGARA, WHILE RIDING IN AN OPEN VEHICLE, BUT SHOTS
MISS ROOSEVELT.  FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IS INAUGURATED AS THE 32ND
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.   GROUND IS BROKEN FOR THE GOLDEN GATE
BRIDGE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE ECONOMY ACT, REDUCING THE SALARIES
OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES AND OF PAYMENTS TO VETERANS.
ROOSEVELT TAKES THE U.S. OFF THE GOLD STANDARD FOR ITS CURRENCY,
CAUSING THE DOLLAR TO DECLINE SHARPLY IN EXCHANGES ABROAD.
FDR HOLDS HIS FIRST "FIRESIDE CHAT."
CONGRESS PASSES THE FEDERAL EMERGENCY RELIEF ACT, WHICH
AUTHORIZES IMMEDIATE GRANTS TO STATES FOR RELIEF PROJECTS.
CONGRESS PASSES THE FEDERAL SECURITIES ACT, PROVIDING FOR THE
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO REGISTER AND APPROVE ALL ISSUES OF STOCKS.
CONGRESS PASSES THE NATIONAL EMPLOYMENT SYSTEM ACT, TO
COOPERATE WITH THE STATES IN PROVIDING EMPLOYMENT SERVICES.
THE 21ST AMENDMENT,GOES INTO EFFECT WHEN UTAH BECOMES
THE 36TH STATE TO RATIFY IT.   NAZIS PASS LAW TO PURIFY THE GERMAN
RACE BY STERILIZING UNDESIREABLE MEN.
GERMANY WITHDRAWS FROM THE DISARMAMENT CONFERENCE IN GENEVA.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT AUTHORIZES THE RECONSTRUCTION FINANCE
CORP. TO PURCHASE NEWLY MINED GOLD AT $31.36 AN OUNCE.  MAINE, THE
FIRST STATE TO GO DRY, VOTES FOR PROHIBITION REPEAL.  ALBERT
EINSTEIN COMES TO LIVE IN THE U.S.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ESTABLISHES THE CIVIL WORKS ADMINISTRATION,
TO PROVIDE JOBS FOR SOME 4 MILLION UNEMPLOYED.
FIORELLO H. LaGURDIA IS ELECTED AS A FUSION-MAYOR OF NEW YORK CITY;
ENDING 16 YEARS OF DOMINATION OF CITY GOVERNMENT BY THE TAMANY ORG.
UTAH VOTES WET, ASSURING THE REPEAL OF PROHIBITION.
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IN HIS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ASKS FOR $10.5
BILLION TO ADVANCE HIS RECOVERY PROGRAMS DURING THE NEXT 18 MONTHS.
CONGRESS PASSES THE GOLD RESERVE ACT, EMPOWERING THE PRESIDENT TO
FIX THE VALUE OF THE U.S. DOLLAR BETWEEN 50-60 CENTS IN TERMS OF
GOLD.
HENRY FORD, TO SHOW HIS CONFIDENCE IN THE NATION'S ECONOMIC
RECOVERY, RESTORES THE $5-PER DAY MINIMUM WAGE TO MOST OF HIS
WORKERS.  CONGRESS PASSES AN ACT FORBIDDING LOANS TO ANY
GOVERNMENT IN DEFAULT ON PAYMENTS TO THE U.S.A.   WASHETERIA, ONE
OF THE FIRST LAUNDROMATS, OPENS IN TEXAS.
CONGRESS PASSES A PACKAGE OF SIX BILLS AIMED AT CONTROLLED CRIME.
THE U.S. AND CUBA SIGN A TREATY RELEASING CUBA FROM PLATT AMENDMENT.
CONGRESS PASSES THE FARM MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT TO ALLOW LOANS TO
FARMERS SO THEY CAN RECOVER PROPERTY THEY OWNED BEFORE FORECLOSURE.
JOHN DILLINGER, KNOWN AS PUBLIC ENEMY NO. 1, IS
SHOT AND KILLED BY THE FBI OUTSIDE A CHICAGO THEATER.
BY PROCLAMATION, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NATIONALIZES SILVER AND SAYS
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WILL PURCHASE IT AT 50.01 CENTS AN OUNCE.
A FIRE BREAKS OUT ON THE "SHIP MORRO" CASTLE OFF NEW JERSEY, SOME
130 PEOPLE DIE.  THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE REGISTERS WITH THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE COMMISION.  IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE
DEMOCRATS ADD NINE SEATS IN BOTH THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE.
THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE RIGHT OF LAND-GRANT COLLEGES
TO REQUIRE MILITARY TRAINING OF THEIR STUDENTS.
IN ONTARIO, CANADA, FIVE GIRLS BECOME THE FIRST QUINTUPLETS KNOWN
TO SURVIVE AND ARE IMMEDIATELY ADOPTED BY THE WORLD.
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CONGRESS ADOPTS THE EMERGENCY RELIEF APPROPRIATION ACT,
AUTHORIZING ALMOST $5 BILLION FOR IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE SOIL CONSERVATION SERVICE TO PROMOTE
BETTER USE OF THE FARMLANDS, PARTICULARLY IN THE WEST.
PRES. ROOSEVELT VETOES THE PATMAN BILL, WHICH WOULD ALLOW VETERANS
OF WORLD WAR I IMMEDIATELY TO CASH IN BONUS CERTIFICATES.
ROOSEVELT BECOMES THE FIRST PRESIDENT TO APPEAR IN PERSON BEFORE
CONGRESS TO GIVE AN EXPLANATION FOR HIS VETO.   IN INDIA 374
INFANTS ARE MARRIED IN A MASS CEREMONY.
ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS IS FORMALLY ORGANIZED IN NEW YORK CITY.
IN WHAT IS IMMEDIATELY RECOGNIZED AS A MAJOR SETBACK TO ROOSEVELT'S
NEW DEAL, THE SUPREME COURT RULES UNANIMOUSLY THAT THE
NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL RECOVERY ACT OF 1933 WAS CONSTITUTIONAL.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT BY ANY STANDARDS,
ONE OF THE MOST FAR-REACHING PIECES OF LEGISLATION IN AMERICAN
HISTORY CONGRESS PASSES THE BANKING ACT OF 1935 THAT REVISES THE
OPERATIONS OF THE FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM, TO MAKE BANKS MORE
RESPONSIBLE.
HUEY LONG, THE SENATOR FROM LOUISIANA, IS SHOT WHILE VISITING HIS
STATE CAPITOL IN BATON ROUGE BY DR. CARL WEISS JR.
"PORGY AND BESS", AN OPERA BY GEORGE GERSHWIN (BASED ON A NOVEL BY
DUBOSE AND DOROTHY HEYWARD)OPENS AT THE ALVIN THEATER IN NEW YORK
CITY.
THE COMMONWEALTH OF PHILIPPINES INAUGURATES ITS FIRST PRESIDENT,
MANUEL QUEZON Y MALINA.   JOHN L. LEWIS, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
MINE WORKERS, BECOMES  CHAIRMAN OF THE NEWLY FORMED COMMITTEE FOR
INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS WITHIN AFL.  TWA "AIR HOSTESSES"  BEGIN
FLYING ON THE 14-PASSENGER DC-2.
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THE SECOND NEUTRALITY ACT IS PASSED, EXTENDING TO ACT OF 1935 TO
MAY 1, 1937 BUT ADDING A PROHIBITION AGAINST GRANTING ANY U.S. LOANS
OR CREDITS TO BELLIGERENTS.  IN NEW YORK, BILLBOARD MAGAZINE
PUBLISHES ITS FIRST MUSIC HIT PARADE.  HITLER OPENS THE 15TH WINTER
OLYMPICS IN GARMISCHPARTENKIRCHEN.
THE UNITED STATES SIGNS A TREATY WITH PANAMA THAT ENLARGES
PANAMA'S AUTHORITY IN THE CANAL ZONE.
MEETING IN CLEVELAND, THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF THE SOCIALIST PARTY
NOMINATES NORMAN THOMAS AS ITS PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.  WASHINGTON
SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT BARS THE TEACHING OF PACIFISM.
AT ITS CONVENTION IN CLEVELAND, THE REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATES
ALFRED M. LANDON, GOVERNOR OF KANSAS, FOR PRESIDENT.
WILLIAM LEMKE, A REPUBLICAN FROM NORTH DAKOTA, ANNOUNCES THAT HE
WILL RUN FOR PRESIDENT ON THE UNION PARTY TICKET.  THE QUEEN MARY
SETS OUT FROM ENGLAND ON ITS MAIDEN VOYAGE.
CONGRESS PASSES AN ACT THAT GRANTS THE VIRGIN ISLANDS,
A U.S. TERRITORY, THE RIGHT TO ELECT ITS OWN LEGISLATURE.
AT IT'S NATIONAL CONVENTION IN PHILADELPHIA, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
NOMINATES FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FOR PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION.
CONGRESS PASSES THE MERCHANT MARINE ACT,ESTABLISHING THE U.S.
MARITIME COMMISSION TO DEVELOP AND REGULATE THE NATION'S MERCHANT
MARINE.  IN NEW YORK CITY, THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF THE UNITED
STATES NOMINATES EARL BROWDER FOR PRESIDENT.  IN MOSCOW, STALIN SAYS
REPORTS OF HIS DEATH ARE TRUE, AND ASKS TO BE LEFT IN PEACE.
ROOSEVELT DEFEATS LANDON BY A LANDSLIDE TO WIN THE PRES. ELECTION.
KING EDWARD III OF GREAT BRITAIN ABDICATES HIS THRONE IN FAVOR
OF HIS LOVE FOR THE AMERICAN DIVORCEE, WALLIS WARFIELD SIMPSON.
THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS BEGINS A SIT-DOWN STRIKE AT THE G.M. PLANT.
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FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IS INAUGURATED FOR HIS SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT.
CONGRESS PASSES A RESOLUTION THAT PROHIBITS THE SHIPMENT OF
MUNITIONS TO EITHER OF THE SIDES NOW FIGHTING A CIVIL WAR IN SPAIN.
DUPONT PATENTS A VERSATILE NEW PLASTIC CALLED NYLON, REPLACING
SILK IN A NUMBER OF PRODUCTS.
THE SUPREME COURT REVERSES EARLIER DECISIONS AND UPHOLDS THE
PRINCIPLE OF MINIMUM WAGES FOR WOMEN.  THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT
THE NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS ACT OF 1935 IS CONSTITUTIONAL.  GOODMAN
SWINGS AS TEENAGERS SCREAM - THE BENNY GOODMAN BAND IS TAKING THE
COUNTRY BY STORM.
THE SUPREME COURT, AFTER CONSIDERING THREE RELATED CASES, RULES THAT
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT OF 1935 IS CONSTITUTIONAL.  THE HINDENBERG,
THE GREAT GERMAN DIRIGIBLE, WHILE TYING UP AT LAKEHURST, NEW JERSEY,
EXPLODES, KILLING 36 PERSONS.  MARGARET MITCHELL WINS THE PULITZER
PRIZE FOR "GONE WITH THE WIND."
ON HER AROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT, THE NOTED AMERICAN AVIATOR AMELIA
EARHART VANISHES OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT NOMINATES HUGO L. BLACK OF ALABAMA TO THE
SUPREME COURT TO REPLACE JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER.  JAPANESE BOMBERS
AND WARSHIPS SPREAD FIRE AND TERROR THROUGHOUT SHANGHAI.
THE REVENUE ACT OF 1937 GOES INTO EFFECT, TO CLOSE SOME LOOPHOLES
IN INCOME TAX LAWS THAT HAVE ALLOWED FOR TAX ENVASION.
BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT BARS U.S. SHIPS
FROM CARRYING ARMS TO BOTH CHINA AND JAPAN.  IN N.J. DR. JOACHIM
PRINZ PREDICTS THE EXTINCTION OF GERMAN JEWRY IN TEN YEARS.
THE U.S. GUNBOAT PANAY IS BOMBED BY JAPANESE PLANES AND SINKS IN THE
YANGTZE RIVER IN CHINA. JAPAN APOLOGIZES FOR THE INCIDENT.
IN THE U.S.S.R., HUNDREDS OF MEN AND WOMEN ARE PURGED BY BEING TRIED
AS SPIES BY STALIN'S COMMUNIST REGIME.  FIRST PRIVATE SCREENING OF
WALT DISNEY'S 1ST FULL-LENGTH FILM "SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS"
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PRES. ROOSEVELT SUBMITS TO CONGRESS A RECOMMENDATION CALLING FOR IN-
CREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR BUILDING UP THE ARMED FORCES.
IN HIS ANNUAL STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT REFERS TO THE NATION'S NEED TO BE "ADEQUATELY STRONG IN
SELF-DEFENSE."
MEXICO NATIONALIZES ALL OIL PROPERTIES OF U.S. AND OTHER FOREIGN
OWNED COMPANIES. THERE WAS NO FINANCIAL SETTLEMENT UNTIL 1941.
HITLER DECLARES AUSTRIA HAS BEEN UNITED WITH GERMANY, NOT CONQUERED.
HERBERT HOOVER TELLS HITLER THAT HIS DOCTRINE WOULD BE INTOLERABLE
IN THE UNITED STATES.
CONGRESS ADOPTS THE REVENUE ACT OF 1938, WHICH REDUCES CORPORATE
INCOME TAXES - PURPORTEDLY TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
CONGRESS ESTABLISHES THE CIVIL AERONAUTICS AUTHORITY (CAA) TO
PROVIDE FEDERAL REGULATION OF THE NATION'S RAPIDLY EXPANDING
AIR TRAFFIC.
HOWARD HUGHES SETS A NEW RECORD FLYING AROUND THE WORLD
IN 3 DAYS, 19 HOURS, 14.28 MINUTES.  CONGRESS PASSES THE FLOOD
CONTROL ACT TO SUPPORT WORK ON RIVERS.   EUROPE ALARMED AS HITLER
CALLS UP ONE-MILLION RESERVES.  FDR CALLS THE SOUTH THE MOST
DEPRESSED REGION OF THE U.S.
A MAJOR TROPICAL HURRICANE MOVES UP THE ATLANTIC COAST, CAUSING
HEAVY DAMAGE IN NEW ENGLAND. 700 PEOPLE LOSE THEIR LIVES.
ORSON WELLES BROADCASTS A RADIO PLAY, "INVASION FROM MARS" THAT
SOUNDS SO REALISTIC THAT IT LEADS MANY LISTENERS TO PANIC.
JOHN L. LEWIS IS ELECTED THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF THE NOW FORMALLY
ORGANIZED INDEPENDENT CONGRESS OF INDUSTRIAL ORGANIZATIONS.
THE GERMAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.A. IS RECALLED.  KATE SMITH
INTRODUCES IRVING BERLIN'S "GOD BLESS AMERICA" ON HER ARMISTICE
EVE RADIO SHOW.
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JUSTICE LOUIS BRANDEIS, ONE OF THE GREATEST OF AMERICA'S LEGAL
MINDS, RETIRES FROM THE SUPREME COURT AT THE AGE OF 82.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT SIT-DOWN STRIKES ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
INVENTOR OF BASKETBALL SAYS IT HAS BECOME TOO ROUGH IN VIOLATION
OF THE SPORT'S FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPALS.
THE ITALIAN ARMY INVADES TINY ALBANIA, ACROSS THE ADRIATIC SEA.
THE NEW YORK WORLD'S FAIR OFFICIALLY OPENS.
THE GERMAN ARMY INVADES CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HAVING OBTAINED THE
SUDETENLAND THROUGH THE MUNICH APPEASEMENT PACT.   GANDHI CALLS ON
THE WORLD TO DISARM THINKING HITLER WILL FOLLOW.
A FOOD STAMP PLAN IS BEGUN IN ROCHESTER N.Y., WITH THE INTENTION
OF DISTRIBUTING THE NATION'S SURPLUS FOOD TO THE POOR AND NEEDY.
KING GEORGE VI AND QUEEN ELIZABETH VISIT THE U.S. ON WHAT IS CALLED
"A GOODWILL TRIP."  IT IS REPORTED THAT 503 MILLION ACRES OF LAND
IN THE U.S. REMAIN UNCHARTED.
ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE HATCH ACT, WHICH GREATLY RESTRICTS FEDERAL
OFFICEHOLDERS FROM PARTICIPATING IN POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS.
THE BRITISH AND THE FRENCH FORMALLY DECLARE WAR AGAINST GERMANY.
PRES. ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE SOCIAL SECURITY AMENDMENT.   JUDY GARLAND
STARS IN THE PREMIERE OF "THE WIZARD OF OZ."
THE BRITISH LINER ATHENIA IS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN SUBMARINE
OFF THE HEBRIDES ISLANDS, AND 28 AMERICANS DIE.
GERMANY AND THE U.S.S.R. SIGN A NEW TREATY THAT DIVIDES UP POLAND
BETWEEN  RUSSIANS HAVING INVADED POLAND ON SEPTEMBER 17TH.   PRES.
ROOSEVELT PROCLAIMS U.S. AS NEUTRAL IN THE EUROPEAN WAR.
THE FIRST CANADIAN TROOPS ARRIVE IN GREAT BRITAIN,THE VANGUARD OF
WHAT WILL BE MILLIONS OF NORTH AMERICANS WHO WILL GO TO FIGHT IN
EUROPE.  PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE NEUTRALITY ACT OF 1939.
THE U.S.S.R. INVADES FINLAND AND BOMBS ITS CAPITAL, HELSINKI.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUBMITS A BUDGET OF $8,400,000,000, WHICH
INCLUDES SOME $1,800,000,000 FOR DEFENSE MEASURES.
MUSSOLINI MEETS HITLER AT THE BRENNER PASS AND AGREES TO JOIN
GERMANY AND THE OTHER AXIS POWERS IN THE WAR AGAINST BRITAIN
AND FRANCE.
THE GERMANS INVADE NORWAY AND DENMARK, COPENHAGEN IS TAKEN IN 12
HOURS GERMANY INVADES LUXEMBOURG, THE NETHERLANDS AND BELGIUM.
ROOSEVELT IMMEDIATELY ORDERS THAT THE ASSETS OF THESE 3 NATIONS
BE FROZEN.  PRES. ROOSEVELT ASKS CONGRESS TO APPROPRIATE MORE MONEY
FOR DEFENSE.
CONGRESS PASSES THE NAVAL SUPPLY ACT, AUTHORIZING ALMOST $1.5 BIL.
FOR NAVAL DEFENSE AND THE MILITARY SUPPLY ACT,$1.8 BILLION FOR
DEFENSE CONGRESS PASSES THE ALIEN REGISTRATION ACT(SMITH ACT)
REQUIRING ALL ALIENS IN THE UNITED STATES TO REGISTER PERIODICALLY.
CONGRESS PASSES THE EXPORT CONTROL ACT, TO STOP OR RESTRICT
THE EXPORT OF ANY MATERIAL CONSIDERED VITAL TO AMERICA'S DEFENSE.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUBMITS ANOTHER REQUEST TO CONGRESS CALLING
FOR MORE MONEY-$4,800,000,000-FOR DEFENSE.   LEON TROTSKY DIES IN
EXILE IN MEXICO CITY.
PRES. ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE SELECTIVE TRAINING AND SERVICE ACT
REQUIRING MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 21-35 TO REGISTER FOR MILITARY
TRAINING PRES. ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES AN EMBARGO ON THE EXPORT
OF SCRAP STEEL AND IRON OUTSIDE THE WESTERN HEMISPHERE-EXCEPT TO
TO GREAT BRITAIN.
ILLITERACY REACHES A NEW LOW OF 4.2. PERCENT IN THE UNITED STATES. A
NATIONWIDE POLL HAS REVEALED THAT 39 PERCENT OF AMERICANS THINK THAT
THE U.S. MADE A MISTAKE IN TAKING PART IN WORLD WAR I.  AN ESTIMATED
30,000,000 U.S. HOMES NOW HAVE RADIOS.  WALT DISNEY'S "FANTASIA"
PREMIERES IN NEW YORK.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUBMITS A BUDGET OF $17,485,529,000,
OF WHICH $10,811,000,000 IS FOR DEFENSE.
FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT IS INAUGURATED FOR HIS THIRD TERM AS PRESIDENT.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE FAIR LABOR ACT IS CONSTITUTIONAL.
HUMPHREY BOGART STARS IN "HIGH SIERRA."
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SIGNS THE LEND-LEASE ACT, TO LEND ARMS AND
OTHER WAR MATERIAL TO ANY COUNTRY DETERMINED TO BE OF VITAL
INTEREST.  THE OFFICE OF PRICE ADMINISTRATION IS ESTABLISHED TO
CONTROL PRICES, BUT ITS IMPACT WILL EVENTUALLY GO FAR BEYOND THIS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, USING THE BROAD POWERS ASSIGNED TO HIM IN AN
EMERGENCY, FREEZES THE ASSETS OF GERMANY AND ITALY IN THE U.S.
ROOSEVELT ORDERS THAT ALL GERMAN CONSULATES IN THE U.S. BE CLOSED.
ASSOCIATE JUSTICE H. STONE IS NOMINATED CHIEF JUSTICE-SUPREME COURT.
PRES. ROOSEVELT NATIONALIZES THE ARMED FORCES OF
THE PHILIPPINES STILL A UNITED STATES DEPENDENCY.
THE REVENUE ACT OF 1941 IS PASSED, PROVIDING SHARPLY INCREASED TAXES
IN ORDER TO RAISE THE LARGE SUMS NOW NEEDED FOR THE DEFENSE EFFORT.
JUDY GARLAND AND DAVID ROSE MARRY IN LAS VEGAS.
THE U.S. DESTROYER KEARNEY IS TORPEDOED BY A GERMAN
U-BOAT OFF ICELAND KILLING 11 AMERICANS.
THE U.S. AMBASSADOR TO JAPAN, JOSEPH GREW, WARNS THAT THE
JAPANESE MAY BE PLANNING A SUDDEN ATTACK ON U.S. POSITIONS.
WALT DISNEY'S "DUMBO" OPENS IN NEW YORK.
ON DEC. 7TH, JAPANESE BOMBERS ATTACK PEARL HARBOR, THE MAJOR U.S.
NAVAL BASE IN HAWAII. 19 U.S. SHIPS ARE SUNK; SOME 150 PLANES ARE
DESTROYED; 2403 SOLDIERS, SAILORS AND CIVILIANS ARE KILLED. PRES.
ROOSEVELT DECLARES DEC. 7TH "A DAY THAT SHALL LIVE IN INFAMY."
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MANILA FALLS TO THE JAPANESE AS U.S. AND PHILIPPINE FORCES
WITHDRAW TO THE BATAAN PENINSULA.
UNITED STATES TROOPS LAND IN NORTHERN IRELAND DURING WORLD WAR II.
THE EMERGENCY PRICE CONTROL ACT GOES INTO EFFECT,TO STOP PRICE
HIKES.
DURING A MAJOR NAVAL BATTLE IN THE JAVA SEA, THE ALLIED FORCES
ARE VIRTUALLY WIPED OUT BY THE SUPERIOR JAPANESE NAVY.
A BLACKOUT TO BE OBSERVED NIGHTLY ALONG A 15-MILE STRIP OF THE
ATLANTIC COAST GOES INTO EFFECT,TO HELP STOP GERMAN SUBMARINE
ACTIVITY.
PRICE CEILINGS ON RETAIL PRODUCTS GO INTO EFFECT.
THE FIRST ISSUE OF YANK, AN ARMY SPONSORED NEWSPAPER IS PUBLISHED.
THE OREGON COAST IS SHELLED BY A JAPANESE SUBMARINE.
CONGRESS APPROPRIATES $42,800,000,000 FOR THE ARMED SERVICES.
THE FIRST ALL U.S. BOMBING RAID IS MADE ON GERMAN POSITIONS IN
FRANCE.  THE GERMANS, HAVING MADE MAJOR GAINS IN RUSSIA, NOW LAUNCH
THEIR MASSIVE ASSAULT ON STALINGRAD, INTENDING TO COMPLETE THEIR
CONQUEST OF RUSSIA.  U.S. FORCES LAND ON GUADALCANAL AND IN THE
SOLOMONS IN THE PACIFIC.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES A PLAN TO SET UP A UNITED NATIONS
COMMISSION FOR THE INVESTIGATION OF WAR CRIMES ONCE THE WAR IS OVER.
THE REVENUE ACT OF 1942 IS PASSED, CALLING FOR TAXES TO BE INCREASED
BY SOME $9,000,000,000.  EQUAL PAY IS GRANTED TO WOMEN IN ROLE OF
WAR.
ALLIED FORCES, SOME 400,000 STRONG, LAND AT MOROCCO AND ALGERIA,
IN NORTH AFRICA, UNDER THE COMMAND OF GENERAL EISENHOWER.
COFFEE RATIONING IS PUT INTO EFFECT ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
GASOLINE RATIONING IS NOW EXTENDED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES.
SELECTIVE SERVICE EXTENDED TO 18 YEAR OLDS.
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PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUBMITS A BUDGET OF $108,903,047,923, OF
WHICH SOME $100,000,000,000 IS FOR THE WAR.
THE FIRST ALL-AMERICAN BOMBING RAID TAKES PLACE ON WILHELMSHAVEN,
GEN. THE U.S. WAR DEPT. BANS HARD LIQUOR FROM ALL U.S. ARMY
ESTABLISHMENTS.
A POINT-RATIONING SYSTEM IS INTRODUCED FOR PROCESSED FOODS, WITH
COUPON BOOKS OF VARYING POINTS REQUIRED TO PURCHASE SUCH FOODS.
MEATS, FATS AND CHEESE ARE PLACED UNDER RATIONING. PRES. ROOSEVELT
FREEZES PRICES, WAGES, AND SALARIES IN AN EFFORT TO STEM INFLATION.
THE JEFFERSON MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C. IS DEDICATED.
U.S. TROOPS LAND ON ATTU, ONE OF THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS CAPTURED
BY THE JAPANESE IN JUNE 1942.  THE JEWS IN THE GHETTO OF WARSAW,
WHERE THEY HAD BEEN FORCED TO GATHER BY THE GERMAN OCCUPATION
FORCES, ARE CAPTURED BY THE GERMANS.  THE SENATE PASSES THE "PAY-AS-
YOU-GO" TAX PLAN, TAXES CAN BE WITHHELD BEFORE THE DUE DATE.
SICILY IS INVADED BY U.S., BRITISH, CANADIAN AND FRENCH TROOPS.
SOME 500 U.S. BOMBERS CARRY OUT AN AIR RAID ON SELECTED TARGETS IN
ROME. THEY AVOIDED HITTING ANY STRUCTURES OF UNIQUE SIGNIFICANCE.
A MURDER IN HARLEM SPARKS A RACE RIOT CAUSING $5 MILLION IN DAMAGE.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADOPTS THE FULBRIGHT CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION CALLING FOR U.S. PARTICIPATION IN A WORLD ORGANIZATION
TO PEACE.   NAPLES, ITALY, IS CAPTURED BY THE U.S. 5TH ARMY LED
BY GENERAL MARK CLARK.  HITLER'S "MEIN KAMPF" IS PUBLISHED IN
THE UNITED STATES.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SEIZES THE NATION'S RAILROADS
THREATENED WITH A SHUTDOWN BY STRIKING WORKERS.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES THAT GEN. EISENHOWER WILL BE THE
SUPREME COMMANDER OF THE FORCES THAT WILL SOON INVADE EUROPE.
ERROL FLYNN STARS IN "NORTHERN PURSUIT."
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PRES. ROOSEVELT SUBMITS A BUDGET OF $70 BILLION, MOST GOING TO THE
WAR U.S. FORCES INVADE THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC AND
WITHIN THREE WEEKS ALL OF THE MARSHALS COME UNDER ALLIED CONTROL.
U.S. WARSHIPS SHELL THE KNURL ISLANDS OF NORTHERN JAPAN.
OIL IS DISCOVERED IN ALABAMA.
WITH SOME 800 FIGHTER PLANES SUPPORTING THEM, 660 U.S. BOMBERS,
MAKE THE FIRST UNITED STATES RAID ON BERLIN.  THE ALLIES LAUNCH A
MAJOR INVASION FORCE AND LAND IN THE NETHERLANDS AND NEW GUINEA.
THE JAPANESE ARE CAUGHT OFF GUARD.   SENATOR MAYBANK OF S. CAROLINA
SAYS THE SOUTH WILL NOT OPEN POLLS TO BLACKS.
D-DAY OPERATION OVERLORD, THE INVASION OF THE CONTINENT, BEGINS JUST
AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH THE DESCENT OF TWO U.S. AIRBORNE DIVISIONS.
IT IS THE LARGEST SUCH INVASION FORCE IN HISTORY, AND THE DAY ITSELF
IS MARKED BY BOTH EPIC MOVEMENTS AND STATISTICS AND ACTS OF HEROISM.
A BOMB EXPLODES NEAR HITLER IN HIS HEADQUARTERS IN EAST PRUSSIA, BUT
HE ESCAPES SERIOUS PHYSICAL INJURY. HE BECOMES MORE PARANOID.
THE ISLAND OF GUAM IS RETAKEN BY U.S. FORCES AFTER SOME 20 DAYS
OF FIERCE FIGHTING. THE FIGHTING CLAIMED 1214 U.S. MEN.
THE U.S. ARMY ENTERS GERMANY FOR THE FIRST TIME, ADVANCING ONLY A
FEW MILES BEYOND THE BORDER BETWEEN TRIER AND AACHEN.  U.S. FORCES
INVADE LEYTE ISLAND IN THE PHILIPPINES.  CONGRESS PASSES THE SURPLUS
WAR PROPERTY ACT.  GERMANY CALLS TEENAGERS AND OLDER MEN FOR
WAR SERVICE.
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT WINS AN UNPRECEDENTED FOURTH TERM.
ROOSEVELT ANNOUNCES THE 6TH WAR LOAN DRIVE, SEEKING TO BORROW
SOME $14 BILLION IMMEDIATELY THROUGH THE SALE OF WAR BONDS.
COST OF LIVING RISES 30 PERCENT DESPITE EFFORTS TO CONTROL PRICES.
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FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT IS INAUGURATED FOR HIS FOURTH TERM AS
PRESIDENT.  A FORCE OF SOME 1000 U.S. BOMBERS RAID BERLIN.
AT YALE, IN THE CRIMEA, PRES. ROOSEVELT JOINS CHURCHILL AND STALIN
IN DISCUSSING PLANS FOR THE ALLIES' ASSAULT ON GERMANY.
CLOSING IN ON JAPAN, THE U.S. ARMY WAGES A FIERCE BATTLE TO TAKE THE
ISLAND OF OKINAWA, LOSING SOME 80,000 IN CASUALTIES.
AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA, PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT SUFFERS A MASSIVE
CEREBRAL HEMMORRAGE AND DIES. TRUMAN IS SWORN IN AS PRESIDENT.
THE U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER BUNKER HILL IS ATTACKED BY A JAPANESE
KAMIKAZE PLANE IN THE WATERS OFF OKINAWA KILLING 373 PEOPLE.
AFTER 12,500 AMERICANS DIE AND 160,000 JAPANESE LOSE THEIR LIVES,
THE JAPANESE SURRENDER OKINAWA TO THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
THE U.S. AIR FORCE DROPS AN ATOMIC BOMB ON HIROSHIMA, JAPAN.
NAGASAKI, JAPAN IS PARTLY DESTROYED BY A SECOND ATOMIC BOMB. THE
U.S.  AWAITS THE RESPONSE OF THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT TO THIS SHOW OF
FORCE.  WORLD WAR II ENDS IN THE FAR EAST.  THE FIRST ATOMIC BOMB
IS TESTED IN THE LOS ALAMOS DESERT IN NEW MEXICO.
MILLIONS OF AMERICANS CELEBRATE AS THE JAPANESE FORMALLY SURRENDER
ABOARD THE USS MISSOURI IN TOKYO BAY.   SHOE RAITONING IS ENDED
NATIONWIDE.  PRES. TRUMAN RECOMMENDS AN ECONOMIC RECOVERY PLAN TO
CONGRESS.  JACK ROOSEVELT ROBINSON IS THE FIRST NEGRO TO BE SIGNED
BY A TEAM IN ORGANIZED BASEBALL INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE.
NATIONWIDE RATIONING OF MEAT, BUTTER AND TIRES END.
GENERAL EISENHOWER IS NAMED CHIEF-OF-STAFF OF THE UNITED STATES
ARMY.  UNITED AUTO WORKERS GO ON STRIKE AT THE GENERAL MOTORS PLANT
IN DETROIT, MI, IN THE FIRST POSTWAR DEMONSTRATION OF LABOR UNREST.
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BY EXECUTIVE ORDER, PRES TRUMAN ESTABLISHES THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE
GROUP, THE PRECURSOR OF THE CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY (CIA).
THE EMPLOYMENT ACT OF 1946 CREATES A COUNCIL OF ECONOMIC ADVISORS
AND PROVIDES FOR AN ANNUAL NATIONAL ECONOMIC REPORT.
175,000 UNITED AUTO WORKERS STRIKERS END THEIR SUCCESSFUL 113-DAY
WALKOUT AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.  400,000 UNITED MINE
WORKERS GO OUT ON STRIKE DEMANDING WAGE INCREASES AND A HEALTH AND
WELFARE PLAN.  U.S. SUPREME COURT BARS MANDATORY ARMY SERVICE FOR
ALIENS WITH U.S. CITIZENSHIP.
THE RAILROAD TRAINMEN AND LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS BROTHERHOODS
STRIKE, CAUSING NATIONAL TRANSPORTATION TO GRIND TO A HALT.
BERNARD BARUCH SUBMITS A PROPOSED UNITED STATES PLAN AT THE
UNITED NATIONS FOR CONTROL OF ATOMIC ENERGY.  LANA TURNER OPENS IN
"THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE."
THE U.S. BEGINS ATOMIC TESTS AT BIKINI IN THE MARSHALL ISLANDS.
CHOOSING INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR ITS SYMBOLISM, PRES. TRUMAN PROCLAIMS
THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES.
PRES. TRUMAN SIGNS A BILL EXTENDING WARTIME PRICE CONTROLS.
PILOT-EJECTOR SEAT SUCCESSFULLY TESTED.
THE TRUMAN ADMINISTRATION LIFTS PRICE CONTROLS ON MEAT.
UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE DEAN ACHESON STATES THAT THE U.S.
INTENDS TO REMAIN IN KOREA UNTIL THAT COUNTRY IS UNITED AND FREE.
PRICES LEAD PEOPLE TO EAT HORSE MEAT AS SUPPLIES OF STANDARD MEATS
STAY AT A RECORD LOW.
CONTROLS ON MOST CONSUMER GOODS ARE REMOVED.
THE WORST HOTEL FIRE IN THE NATION'S HISTORY SWEEPS THE WINECOFF
HOTEL IN ATLANTA KILLING 127 PEOPLE AND INJURING 100.
THE REPUBLICANS MAKE A SWEEP OF BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN FORMALLY ENDS WORLD WAR II.
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THE 1ST SESSION OF THE 80TH CONGRESS CONVENES IN THE NATION'S
CAPITAL.  PRESIDENT TRUMAN NAMES GEORGE C. MARSHALL SECRETARY OF
STATE.  CONGRESS PROPOSES THE 22ND AMENDMENT TO LIMIT A UNITED
STATES PRESIDENT TO TWO FOUR-YEAR TERMS.  STANFORD UNIVERSITY
REPORTS ISOLATION OF POLIO VIRUS.
THE DEATH TOLL REACHES 500 AS A RESULT OF A SHIP EXPLOSION AT TEXAS
CITY, TEXAS. MUCH OF THE CITY LIES IN RUINS.  THE UNITED NATIONS
ALLOWS THE UNITED STATES TRUSTEESHIP OF PACIFIC ISLANDS PREVIOUSLY
UNDER MANDATE TO JAPAN.  THE AMERICAN  HELOCOPTER SOCIETY REVEALS
A FLYING DEVICE THAT CAN BE STRAPPED TO THE BODY.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS A BILL TO AID GREECE AND TURKEY.  TRUMAN
ALLOCATES $350 MILLION IN RELIEF FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES DEVASTATED
BY RECENT WAR.  PAN AMERICAN AIRLINES OFFERS A ROUND-THE-WORLD
FLIGHT FARE OF $1700.  JOAN CRAWFORD OPENS IN "POSSESSED."  JAPAN
REGAINS ITS RIGHT TO FLY THE RISING-SUN FLAG.
A 16-NATION CONFERENCE IS HELD IN PARIS TO PLAN THE UNITED
STATE PROPOSED MARSHALL PLAN FOR ECONOMIC AID TO EUROPE.
TELEVISION IS USED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY A PRESIDENT AS
A MEDIUM WITH WHICH TO COMMUNICATE WITH THE NATION. TRUMAN FORECASTS
THE U.S. WILL END THE 1948 FISCAL YEAR WITH A $4.7 BILLION SURPLUS.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN SUPPORTS A UNITED NATIONS PROPOSAL FOR
AUTONOMOUS JEWISH AND ARAB STATES IN PALESTINE.
SUPERSONIC SPEED IS ACHIEVED FOR THE FIRST TIME BY U.S. AIR FORCE
CAPTAIN CHARLES YEAGER IN AN X-1 RESEARCH PLANE. LAUREN BACALL
OPENS IN "DARK PASSAGE."
NEW ORLEANS SEES THE OPENING OF A NEW PLAY BY
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS CALLED  A "STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE".
JACKIE ROBINSON BECOMES THE FIRST BLACK ATHLETE TO PLAY FOR A MAJOR
LEAGUE BASEBALL TEAM WHEN HE IS SIGNED BY THE BROOKLYN DODGERS.
HUGHES' 200-TON SPRUCE GOOSE SUSTAINS FLIGHT FOR A MILE.
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PRES. TRUMAN INTRODUCES A CIVIL RIGHTS PACKAGE TO CONGRESS IN WHICH
HE CALLS FOR AN END TO SEGREGATED SCHOOLS AND JOB DISCRIMINATION.
GENERAL EISENHOWER RETIRES FROM ACTIVE DUTY IN THE UNITED STATES
ARMY, AND WILL BECOME PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.   TRUMAN
PROPOSES FREE TWO YEAR COMMUNITY COLLEGES.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT RELIGIOUS TRAINING CONDUCTED
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
THE UNITED STATES ANNOUNCES A LAND REFORM PROGRAM FOR KOREA.
COAL MINERS STRIKE IN HOPE OF GAINING A MORE LIBERAL PENSION PLAN.
GENERAL DWIGHT EISENHOWER BECOMES PRESIDENT OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
PRES. TRUMAN SIGNS A SELECTIVE SERVICE ACT TO REGISTER ALL
MALES BETWEEN THE AGES OF 18 AND 25 FOR SERVICE IN THE ARMED FORCES.
ASTRONOMERS DEDICATE THE WORLD'S LARGEST REFLECTOR TELESCOPE IN
CALIFORNIA.
AFTER HAVING BEEN CANCELLED IN 1940 AND 1944 BECAUSE OF THE
WORLD WAR, THE OLYMPIC GAMES HAVE BEEN HELD IN LONDON, ENGLAND.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, IS THE SITE OF A PROCLAMATION ESTABLISHING
THE REPUBLIC OF SOUTH KOREA.   DEMOCRATS BAN RACE SEGREGATION IN
NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS IN BID FOR NEGRO SUPPORT.
BERNARD BARUCH, SPEAKING BEFORE A SENATE COMMITTEE, POINTS
OUT THAT " WE ARE IN THE MIDST OF A COLD WAR WHICH IS GETTING
WARMER."  PRESIDENT TRUMAN DEDICATES NEW YORK CITY'S IDLEWILD INTER.
AIRPORT.  ORSON WELLES' "MACBETH" MAKES ITS U.S. PREMIERE.
SCIENTISTS SAY WORLD POPULATION IS OUTGROWING FOOD SUPPLY.
THE LONG-PLAYING (LP) PHONOGRAPH RECORD IS INTRODUCED.
HARRY TRUMAN DEFEATS NEW YORK GOVERNOR THOMAS E. DEWEY
BY 2.2 MILLION POPULAR VOTES TO WIN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
KANSAS REPEALS PROHIBITION AFTER 68 DRY YEARS.  KINSEY REPORT
"SEXUAL BEHAVIOR OF THE HUMAN MALE" IS PUBLISHED.
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GENERAL MOTORS DROPS AUTO PRICES, FIRST TIME SINCE WORLD WAR II.
SECRETARY OF STATE MARSHALL RESIGNS EFFECTIVE JANUARY 20TH.
CONGRESS RAISES THE SALARY FOR PRESIDENTS TO $100,000 PER YEAR.
INGRID BERGMAN TO GO TO ITALY TO MAKE A FILM WITH ROBERTO
ROSSELINI.
THE U.S. AIR FORCE COMPLETES ITS FIRST NONSTOP, AROUND-THE-WORLD
FLIGHT. REFUELING FOUR TIMES WHILE ALOFT, THE B-50 BOMBER PROVES
THAT THE UNITED STATES HAS UNLIMITED AIR STRIKE CAPABILITIES.
DEAN MARTIN AND JERRY LEWIS COMPLETE FIRST FILM TOGETHER, "MY
FRIEND IRMA."
THE SOVIET UNION LIFTS ITS BLOCKADE OF BERLIN.
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IS ESTABLISHED.
THE UNITED STATES REMOVES THE LAST OF ITS TROOPS FROM KOREA,
LEAVING A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 500 ADVISORS.  UC BERKELEY TO
REUIRE ALL FACULTY TO TAKE ANTI-COMMUNIST OATHS.
THE NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY PASSES THE UNITED STATES SENATE.
GENERAL OMAR BRADLEY BECOMES CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF.
PRES. TRUMAN ANNOUNCES TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE THAT THE SOVIET UNION
NOW HAS NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES,HAVING JUST TESTED AN ATOMIC DEVICE.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE REPORTS THAT SINCE JULY 1945, FOREIGN
NATIONS RECEIVED NEARLY $25,000,000,000 IN THE FORM OF GRANTS AND
CREDITS FROM THE UNITED STATES.  THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
GOES TO WILLIAM FAULKNER.   HARVARD LAW SCHOOL TO BEGIN ADMITTING
WOMEN.
THE FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT IS AMENDED TO INCREASE THE MINIMUM
WAGE TO 75 CENTS AN HOUR FROM 40 CENTS, TO GO INTO EFFECT JANUARY
1950.  THE NOBEL PRIZE IN CHEMISTRY GOES TO WILLIAM F. GIAUQUE.
PRINCE RANIER IS CROWNED THE 30TH MONARCH OF MONACO.
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OSCAR CHAPMAN BECOMES SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR.
THE SECOND SESSION OF THE 81ST CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES OPENS.
PRES. TRUMAN NOTIFIES THE PUBLIC THAT GOVERNMENT SCIENTISTS ARE AT
WORK ON A HYDROGEN BOMB UNDER THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION.
GENERAL MOTORS CORP. ANNOUNCES EARNINGS OF $656,434,232, THE LARGEST
PROFIT EVER REPORTED BY ANY UNITED STATES CORPORATION.
RESEARCHERS AT THE UNIV. OF CALIFORNIA AT BERKELEY ANNOUNCE
THE DISCOVERY OF CALIFORNIA, THE HEAVIEST KNOWN ELEMENT.
TRUMAN TRAVELS TO WASHINGTON STATE TO DEDICATE THE GRAND COULEE DAM.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN PUTS HIS SIGNATURE ON THE INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ACT-HIS POINT FOUR PROGRAM.  NORTH KOREAN TROOPS CROSS
THE 38TH PARALLEL,INVADING SOUTH KOREA.   TRUMAN ASKS STATEHOOD
FOR HAWAII AND ALASKA.
THE UNITED STATES ARMY CALLS 62,000 RESERVISTS.  THREAT OF A
RAILROAD STRIKE PROMPTS PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO ORDER THE UNITED STATES
ARMY TO OPERATE THE RAIL LINES.  UNITED NATIONS TROOPS IN SOUTH
KOREA LAND AT INCHON.  TENNIS ADMITS FIRST BLACK WOMAN, ALTHEA
GIBSON.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND GENERAL DOUGLAS MacARTHUR MEET ON WAKE ISLAND
TO PLAN THE KOREAN CONFLICT.  U.S. MARINES DRIVE INTO SEOUL.
THE COLUMBIA BROADCASTING SYSTEM RECEIVES ITS AUTHORIZATION TO BEGIN
TELEVISION BROADCASTS IN COLOR, BEGINNING ON NOVEMBER 2,1950.
PRESIDENT TRUMAN ANNOUNCES A BAN ON UNITED STATES SHIPMENT OF GOODS
TO COMMUNIST CHINA.  JOHN WAYNE STARS IN OPENING OF "RIO GRANDE."
IN THE KOREAN WAR, CHINESE COMMUNISTS TROOPS ATTACK IN NORTH KOREA
AND THEN PULL BACK IN WHAT LATER APPEARS TO BE A WARNING.  THERE
ARE NOW 2,200 DRIVE-IN MOVIE THEATRES, TWICE AS MANY AS LAST YEAR.
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THE U.S. CONGRESS ALLOWS PRESIDENT TRUMAN TO PLACE A FREEZE ON
PRICES. THE 82ND CONGRESS OF THE U.S. CONVENES IN ITS FIRST SESSION.
NATIONWIDE RAIL SERVICE RESUMES AFTER A 12-DAY STRIKE. RAILROAD
WORKERS WIN A PAY RAISE AS A RESULT OF THIS WALKOUT.  ACTRESS
GRETA GARBO GETS U.S. CITIZENSHIP.
THE OFFICE OF PRICE STABILIZATION FIXES PRICES ON BEEF.
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA, IS RECAPTURED BY UNITED NATIONS FORCES.
DEFENSE SECRETARY GEORGE MARSHALL ANNOUNCES THAT THE UNITED
STATES ARMED FORCES STAND AT 2,900,000.  HERMAN WOUK'S "THE CAINE
MUTINY" IS PUBLISHED.
U.S. TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH ANNOUNCES THAT IT HAS OVER 1 MILLION
STOCKHOLDERS, A FIRST FOR ANY UNITED STATES CORPORATION.
THE MILITARY DRAFT IS EXTENDED TO JULY 1, 1955. CONGRESS LENGTHENS
MILITARY SERVICE TO 2 YEARS AND LOWERS THE DRAFT AGE TO 18 1/2
PRES. TRUMAN CANCELS TARIFF CONCESSIONS TO SOVIET-BLOC NATIONS.
THE U.S. AND PHILIPPINES SIGN A TRADE AGREEMENT UNTIL 1954.
THE UNITED STATES TAKES PART IN TRUCE TALKS AT KAESANG BETWEEN
THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CHINESE COMMUNISTS.  CHASE AND MANHATTAN
BEGIN LARGEST MERGER IN BANKING HISTORY.
THE TRIPARTITE AGREEMENT BY THE U.S., AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
PROVIDES FOR MUTUAL DEFENSE, IN SIGNING OF THE JAPANESE PEACE
TREATY.  PRESIDENT TRUMAN SIGNS THE MUTUAL SECURITY, 7 MILLION
IN AID TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES.  "A STREET CAR NAMED DESIRE," STARRING
MARLON BRANDO AND VIVIEN LEIGH, MAKES ITS FILM DEBUT.
AT ENGLEWOOD, N.J., THE FIRST TRANSCONTINENTAL DIAL TELEPHONE
SERVICE GOES INTO EFFECT.  A.E.C. PRODUCES ELECTRICITY FROM ATOMIC
ENERGY. GIAN-CARLO MENOTTI'S OPERA "AMAHL AND THE NIGHT VISITORS" IS
BROADCASTED BY N.B.C., HAVING BEEN COMMISSIONED BY THE NETWORK.
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STORMS OFF THE COAST OF CAPE COD, MASSACHUSETTS, WRECK TWO TANKERS
RESULTING IN THE DEATHS OF 14 MEN.  "SAILOR BEWARE" OPENS STARRING
DEAN MARTIN & JERRY LEWIS. THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULES THAT PERSONS
TERMED SUBVERSIVES MAY BE BARRED FROM TEACHING IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
NEW YORK ADOPTS THREE-COLOR TRAFFIC LIGHTS.
ON A VOTE OF 66 TO 10, THE JAPANESE PEACE TREATY PASSES THE U.S.
SENATE. GEORGE KENNAN BECOMES UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR TO THE SOVIET
UNION.  PRESIDENT TRUMAN FORMALLY ANNOUNCES THE END OF A STATE
OF WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND JAPAN.  ONE-MILLION PEOPLE
WATCH NEVADA A-BOMB BLAST ON TV.
CONGRESS VOTES TO EXTEND EXISTING WAGE AND RENT CONTROLS.
PRES. TRUMAN VETOES THE McCARRAN-WALTER BILL,TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
THE UNITED STATES, BRITAIN, FRANCE AND WEST GERMANY SIGN A PEACE
TREATY. FRANK PACE ANNOUNCES THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ATOMIC CANNON.
"ANNE FRANK, DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL" PUBLISHED IN THE U.S.
PUERTO RICO BECOMES A COMMONWEALTH UNDER UNITED STATES JURISDICTION.
PRICE CONTROLS ON ALL VEGETABLES AND MEATS ARE REMOVED.
TO PROVIDE FOR VETERANS OF THE KOREAN CONFLICT, CONGRESS PASSES THE
KOREAN GI BILL OF RIGHTS TO ENSURE EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, ETC.
GENERAL MOTORS PERFECTS AIRCONDITIONING FOR AUTOS.
JULIUS AND ETHEL ROSENBERG HAVE THEIR APPEAL OF ESPIONAGE
CONVICTION REJECTED BY THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT.
EIGHT TEACHERS ARE DISMISSED FOR ALLEGED COMMUNIST ACTIVITIES.
CHARLIE CHAPLIN'S FILM "LIMELIGHT" OPENS IN NEW YORK.
UNITED AUTO WORKERS PRESIDENT WALTER REUTHER IS CHOSEN TO HEAD THE
CIO AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR PRES. WILLIAM GREEN DIES AT AGE 82.
DWIGHT EISENHOWER WINS THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PRES. ELECT EISENHOWER NAMES JOHN FOSTER DULLES AS SECRETARY OF
STATE.
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THE OFFICE OF PRICE STABILIZATION LIFTS CONTROLS ON WAGES AND
SALARIES, PRICE CONTROLS ON EGGS, POULTRY, TIRES AND
GASOLINE ARE LIFTED. DWIGHT EISENHOWER IS INAUGURATED PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.  THE UNITED STATES STEEL PRODUCTION IS AT
117,500,000 SHORT TONS YEARLY.
JOSEPH STALIN, DICTATOR PREMIER OF THE U.S.S.R. DIES IN MOSCOW.
THE OFFICE OF PRICE STABILIZATION ENDS ITS CONTROLS ON ALL PRICES.
THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION PROTESTS THE SOVIET UNION'S FIRING
UPON A UNITED STATES BOMBER IN INTERNATIONAL WATERS.  CONGRESS
CREATES THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE.
A SERIES OF TORNADOES SWEEPS THROUGH WACO AND SAN
ANTONIO, TEXAS, LEAVING 124 PEOPLE DEAD.
AT TESTING GROUNDS IN NEVADA, THE FIRST ATOMIC ARTILLERY SHELL IS
FIRED. OHIO AND MICHIGAN EXPERIENCE TORNADOES THAT LEAVE 139 DEAD.
JOHN F KENNEDY AND JACQUELINE BOUVIER ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT.
A UNITED STATES B-50 BOMBER IS SHOT DOWN BY SOVIETS.
OHIO SENATOR ROBERT A. TAFT DIES IN NEW YORK CITY AT THE AGE OF 63.
GENERAL MATTHEW RIDGWAY BECOMES UNITED STATES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF.
CONGRESS SIGNS THE REFUGEE RELIEF ACT, ADMITTING MORE FOREIGN
NATIONALS.
EARL WARREN TAKES THE OATH AS CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE US SUPREME COURT.
THE BOSTON NAVAL SHIPYARD IS THE SCENE OF AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE ON
THE AIRCRAFT CARRIER LEYTE, WITH 37 MEN KILLED AND 40 INJURED.
FREDERICK VINSON, U.S. SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, DIES AT AGE 63.
GARY COOPER APPEARS IN "RETURN TO PARADISE."
THE U.S. ANNOUNCES IT WILL PULL TWO MILITARY DIVISIONS OUT OF KOREA.
A WHITE HOUSE PRESS CONFERENCE ATTENDED BY 161 REPORTERS IS THE
FIRST TO ALLOW DIRECT QUOTATIONS IN LATER NEWS REPORTS.   LILLIAN
GISH OPENS IN "A TRIP TO BOUNTIFUL."  THE F.C.C. RULES THAT COLOR
TV CAN GO ON THE AIR.
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GENERAL MOTORS ANNOUNCES A $1 BILLION PROGRAM TO EXPAND PRODUCTION.
THE FIRST U.S. NUCLEAR SUBMARINE, THE NAUTILUS, IS LAUNCHED.
POLIO VACCINE IS ADMINISTERED TO SCHOOL CHILDREN IN PITTSBURGH, PA,
AFTER DR. JONES E. SALK DEVELOPS A SERUM.  JOE DIMAGGIO AND MARILYN
MONROE GET MARRIED.
THE UNITED STATES SIGNS A MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY WITH JAPAN.
THE MARSHALL ISLANDS IN THE PACIFIC ARE SUBJECT TO A HYDROGEN
BOMB TEST THAT EXCEEDS EXPECTED PROPORTIONS.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER REPORTS ON THE HYDROGEN BOMB TEST OF MARCH 1ST.
CBS INTRODUCES "THE MORNING SHOW" TO COMPETE WITH NBC'S "TODAY SHOW"
A CIA-SUPPORTED MILITARY FORCE, LED BY COLONEL CARLOS CASTILLO
ARMS, INVADES GUATEMALA FROM NEIGHBORING HONDURAS.
THE UNITED STATES SENATE VOTES DOWN A PROPOSED CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW 18 YEAR-OLDS TO VOTE. IBM ANNOUNCES THE
DEVELOPEMENT OF AN ELECTRONIC BRAIN FOR BUSINESS USE.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SIGNS THE ATOMIC ENERGY BILL, WHICH WILL ALLOW
FOR PRIVATE OWNERSHIP OF ATOMIC REACTORS TO PRODUCE ELECTRICAL
POWER.  THE DEPT. OF COMMERCE ANNOUNCES THE 1953 G.N.P. TO BE $365
BILLION.  PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SIGNS THE HOUSING ACT OF 1954.
IKE PROPOSES THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY SYSTEM.
A HURRICANE RIPS THROUGH CAPE HATTERAS, NORTH CAROLINA,
LEAVING 22 DEAD AND $50,000,000 WORTH OF DAMAGE.
THE U.S. AIR FORCE APPROVES PRODUCTION OF THE FIRST SUPERSONIC
BOMBER.  A CABINET MEETING IS TELEVISED FOR THE FIRST TIME.
THE TV VERSION OF "FATHER KNOWS BEST" PREMIERES.
ALGER HISS, CONVICTED OF PERJURY, LEAVES PRISON AFTER SERVING
44 MONTHS. THE U.S. AND TAIWAN SIGN A MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY.
IN ITS HIGHEST VOLUME OF TRADING SINCE 1933, THE NEW YORK STOCK
EXCHANGE REPORTS 573 MILLION SHARES TRADED DURING THE PAST YEAR.
STEVE ALLEN HOSTS NEW SHOW, THE "TONIGHT" SHOW.
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PRES. EISENHOWER TAKES PART IN THE FIRST TELEVISED PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION ANNOUNCES THAT PRIVATE INDUSTRY
WILL SOON BE ABLE TO OPERATE ATOMIC POWER PLANTS.
SAM RAYBURN IS ELECTED SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
SELCHOW & RICHTER'S NEW GAME "SCRABBLE" HITS THE MARKET.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER INDICATES THAT, IN EVENT OF WAR, THE
UNITED STATES WOULD USE NUCLEAR WEAPONS.  THE SALARIES OF
CONGRESSMEN AND FEDERAL JUDGES ARE INCREASED BY NEARLY 50 PERCENT
IN A BILL PASSED BY THE HOUSE.   TENNESSEE WILLIAM'S "CAT ON A
HOT TIN ROOF" PREMIERES IN NEW YORK.
SOVIET FIGHTER PLANES SHOOT DOWN A U.S. NAVY PATROL PLANE OVER THE
BEARING STRAIT OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA, INJURING SEVEN U.S. AIRMEN.
THE U.S. SENATE AGREES TO THE AUSTRIAN STATE TREATY BY A VOTE OF
63-3.  EMPLOYEES OF THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE RECEIVE AN 8 PERCENT
SALARY HIKE.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER INCREASES THE MINIMUM WAGE TO $1.00 AN HOUR.
AFTER TWO DAYS OF RAIN AND HIGH WINDS IN SIX NORTHEASTERN STATES,
A HURRICANE LEAVES 179 DEAD AND PROPERTY DAMAGE OF 458 MILLION
DOLLARS CONGRESS VOTES 187-168 TO BUILD 45,000 PUBLIC HOUSING UNITS
BY 7-31-56.
PRES. EISENHOWER IS HOSPITALIZED IN DENVER FOLLOWING A HEART ATTACK.
IN THE WORST COMMERCIAL AIRLINE DISASTER TO DATE, A UNITED AIRLINES
JET CRASHES IN LARAMIE, WYOMING KILLING 66 PEOPLE.
NUCLEAR PHYSICISTS DISCOVER A NEW NUCLEAR PARTICLE-THE ANTIPROTON.
ACTRESS DEBBIE REYNOLDS MARRIES EDDIE FISHER.
AFTER FIVE DAYS OF FLOODS IN CALIFORNIA,NEVADA AND OREGON,
THE DEATH TOLL IS AT 74. THE REPORTED NUMBER OF TRAFFIC DEATHS FOR
THE XMAS HOLIDAY IS A RECORD 609. THE FORD FOUNDATION GIVES A RECORD
500 MILLION TO COLLEGES AND UNIV.  ROSA PARKS DEFIES ALABAMA STATE
LAW, REFUSING TO GIVE UP HER SEAT ON FRONT OF BUS TO A WHITE PERSON.
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THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ENROLLS ITS FIRST BLACK STUDENT.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ANNOUNCES HE IS WILLING TO SERVE A SECOND TERM.
PRES. EISENHOWER TURNS DOWN A REQUEST BY ISRAEL TO PURCHASE
MILITARY ARMS FROM THE UNITED STATES.  BRINK'S $2.7 MILLION ROBBERY
SOLVED AS FBI IDENTIFIES THE 7 MEN INVOLVED, NO MONEY IS RECOVERED.
ONE OF THE MOST PUBLICIZED MARRIAGES OF THE CENTURY OCCURS BETWEEN
HOLLYWOOD ACTRESS GRACE KELLY AND PRINCE RAINIER III OF MONACO.
SIX MARINE RECRUITS DROWN AT PARIS ISLAND, SOUTH CAROLINA,
WHILE ON A DISCIPLINARY MARCH.  "MY FAIR LADY" OPENS ON BROADWAY.
128 PEOPLE DIE OVER THE GRAND CANYON WHEN 2 AIRLINES COLLIDE.
DOCTORS JONAS SALK AND LEONARD SCHULE ANNOUNCE THAT THEY
EXPECT THE SALK VACCINE TO ELIMINATE POLIO WITHIN THREE YEARS.
PRES. EISENHOWER IS HOSPITALIZED AFTER AN ATTACK OF ILEITIS.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SIGNS LEGISLATION TO INCREASE SOCIAL SECURITY.
THE SALK POLIO VACCINE IS NOW AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.
EGYPT ACCEPTS AN OFFER OF FINANCIAL AID FROM THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE ASIAN HIGH DAM. THE U.S. HAS OFFERED $56,000,000.
THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC TELEPHONE CABLE STRETCHES 2250 MILES,
FROM OBAN, SCOTLAND, TO CLARENVILLE, NEWFOUNDLAND.
LABOR RACKETEER JOHNNY DIO IS INDICTED BY A FEDERAL GRAND JURY
FOR THE ATTACK ON VICTOR RIESEL, THE OUTSPOKEN COLUMNIST AND
CRUSADERS.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT INVALIDATES A MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, LAW
THAT PROVIDES FOR SEGREGATION IN INTERSTATE BUS TRAVEL.
AFTER DAYS OF FIGHTING BY BRITAIN, FRANCE AND ISRAEL AGAINST EGYPT,
THE UNITED STATES ACHIEVES A CEASE-FIRE IN THE SINAI PENINSULA.
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EISENHOWER IS INAUGURATED FOR HIS SECOND TERM OF OFFICE AS
PRESIDENT.  AVERAGING SPEEDS OF OVER 500 MILES PER HOUR, THREE U.S.
AIR FORCE JETS COMPLETE A NONSTOP AROUND-THE-WORLD FLIGHT.  GEORGIA
SENATE OUTLAWS INTERRACIAL ATHLETES.  THE U.S. COMMUNIST PARTY
VOTES TO REMAIN INDEPENDENT FROM SOVIET CONTROL.
THE U.S. LIFTS A BAN ON TRAVEL TO EGYPT, ISRAEL, JORDAN AND SYRIA.
THE NATION'S FIRST NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR, AT FORT BELVOIR, VIRGINIA,
IS DEDICATED BY ARMY SECRETARY WILBUR N. BRUCKER.
THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS APPROVES THE EISENHOWER DOCTRINE.
COMMITTEE OF EXPERTS REPORT THAT SMOKING IS SHOWN TO PROMOTE CANCER.
17 PEOPLE DIE AS FLASH FLOODS HIT ST. LOUIS.   SENATOR JOSEPH
McCARTHY DIES IN THE NAVAL HOSPITAL AT BETHESDA,MD.  MASSACHUSETTS
SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY WINS THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR HIS
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES "PROFILES IN COURAGE."  ALAN FREED HOSTS
AMERICA'S 1ST PRIME TIME ROCK N ROLL SPECIAL "ROCK 'N' ROLL SHOW."
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE CHARLES WILSON CUTS THE UNITED
ARMED FORCES BY 100,000 MEN, TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF 1957.
THE HOUSING ACT OF 1957 IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER.
EISENHOWER PROPOSES THAT THE U.S. WILL START A 2 YEAR NUCLEAR TEST
BAN.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ORDERS U.S. TROOPS TO LITTLE ROCK,
ARKANSAS, WHERE THEY ESCORT NINE BLACK STUDENTS TO THEIR CLASSES.
THE U.S.S.R. LAUNCHES THE FIRST SATELLITE, KNOWN AS SPUTNIK INTO
SPACE.  NEVADA NUCLEAR TESTING GROUNDS ARE USED FOR THE NATION'S
FIRST TEST.
THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE TESTS ITS FIRST (ICBM) MISSILE.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SUFFERS A MINIMAL STROKE.
A UNITED STATES VANGUARD ROCKET EXPLODES ON THE LAUNCHING PAD.
THE SOVIET UNION ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCHING OF A SECONG SATELLITE, THIS
ONE CARRYING A DOG.
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AMERICA'S FIRST SATELLITE, EXPLORER I, IS LAUNCHED BY THE U.S. ARMY.
A GALLUP POLL SURVEY SHOWS ELEANOR ROOSEVELT HEADS THE
LIST OF MOST ADMIRED WOMEN IN THE UNITED STATES.
UNITED STATES POSTAL RATES INCREASE FROM THREE TO SIX CENTS PER
OUNCE.
THE UNITED STATES BEGINS ATOMIC TESTS AT ENIWETOK ATOLL.
THE EMERGENCY HOUSING ACT IS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT EISENHOWER.
OUNCE.  THE SATELLITE, VANGUARD I, IS LAUNCHED BY THE UNITED
STATES NAVY.
ON A VOTE OF 64-20, THE UNITED STATES SENATE APPROVES
THE ADMISSION OF ALASKA TO THE UNION.
A NEW YORK TO LONDON SPEED RECORD IS SET BY AVERAGING 630.2 M.P.H.
CEREMONIES HONOR THE BURIAL OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIERS OF WORLD WAR II.
ALASKAN VOTERS IN AN ELECTION APPROVE STATEHOOD BY A 5-1 MARGIN.
A LAW AWARDING PENSIONS TO FORMER PRESIDENTS GOES INTO EFFECT.
ALASKA IS ADMITTED TO THE UNION AS THE 49TH STATE.
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) IS CREATED.
THE UNITED STATES WITHDRAWS THE LAST OF ITS TROOPS FROM LEBANON.
A TRAIN ACCIDENT NEAR BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY KILLS 48 PEOPLE.
THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE SEAWOLF SURFACES AFTER A 60 DAY UNDERWATER
VOYAGE, SETTING A WORLD RECORD FOR UNDERSEA ENDURANCE.
NATIONAL AIRLINES INAUGURATES JET PASSENGER SERVICE USING BOEING
707's.  A DEVASTATING SCHOOL FIRE IN CHICAGO KILLS 95 CHILDREN AND
THREE NUNS.  THE EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION REJECTS A SOVIET PROPOSAL
FOR A PERMANENT ATOMIC TEST BAN.  NIXON HOSTS QUEEN ELIZABETH FOR
THANKSGIVING DINNER AT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN LONDON.
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS IN ARLINGTON AND NORFOLK, VA, ARE DESEGREGATED.
A TORNADO RIPS THROUGH ST. LOUIS, LEAVING THOUSANDS HOMELESS;
22 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND OVER 300 INJURED.  SMALL PLANE CRASH IN
IOWA KILLS BUDDY HOLLY, "BIG BOPPER" RICHARDSON AND RICHIE VALENS.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER SIGNS A BILL TO ADMIT HAWAII AS A STATE.
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN DULLES RESIGNS, SUFFERING FROM CANCER.
THE ST. LAWRENCE SEAWAY OPENS, STRETCHING THROUGH THE EASTERN
PORTION OF THE UNITED STATES CANADIAN BORDER.  PIONEER IV SPEEDS
PAST THE MOON FOR ORBIT AROUND THE SUN.
AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP IS RESTORED TO NEARLY 5000 JAPANESE
AMERICANS WHO RENOUNCED IT DURING WORLD WAR II.
FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN FOSTER DIES AT AGE 71.
AT GROTON, CONN., THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE GEORGE WASHINGTON IS
LAUNCHED.
UNITED STEELWORKERS GO OUT ON STRIKE, AFFECTING 28 STEEL COMPANIES.
A 142-POUND SATELLITE, EXPLORER IV, IS LAUNCHED AT CAMDEN, NEW
JERSEY.  NEARLY 250 DEMONSTRATORS ASSEMBLE NEAR CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL
IN LITTLE ROCK, PROTESTING THE OPENING OF INTEGRATED SCHOOLS THERE.
THE SENATE APPROVES A BILL TO INCREASE THE CURRENT FEDERAL GASOLINE
TAX BY ONE CENT PER GALLON FOR HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION.
ACCORDING TO A REPORT, 64 PERCENT OF AMERICANS ARE CHURCH MEMBERS.
CONGRESS APPROVES AN EXTENSION OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION FOR
TWO YEARS.
THE UNITED STATES SIGNS AN AGREEMENT TO A TWO YEAR EXCHANGE PROGRAM
WITH THE SOVIET UNION IN SCIENCE, SPORTS, AND CULTURE.
EISENHOWER RETURNS FROM A 11 NATION TOUR OF EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA.
FORD HAS DISCONTINUED PRODUCTION OF THE EDSEL, THE REVOLUTIONARY
CAR WHOSE TIME HAS NOT YET COME - IF EVER.
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SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY ANNOUNCES THAT HE IS A CANDIDATE
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.  IN GREENSBORO, N.C.
FOUR BLACK STUDENTS STAGE A SIT-IN AT A LUNCH COUNTER TO PROTEST
A "WHITES ONLY" SERVING POLICY.   NIXON DECLARES HIS CANDIDACY IN
PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
PRESIDENT EISENHOWER ASKS CONGRESS TO INCREASE THE ANNUAL
IMMIGRATION QUOTA FROM 260,000 TO 500,000 PER YEAR.
JOHN F. KENNEDY, DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT, WINS THE
WRITE-IN DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY IN BOTH PENNSYLVANIA AND MASSACHUSETTS.
"BEN HUR" GETS RECORD 10 OSCARS.
A U-2 AIR FORCE PLANE IS SHOT DOWN INSIDE SOVIET TERRITORY.
THEATERS ON BROADWAY RE-OPEN AFTER A TEN DAY STRIKE.
PRES. EISENHOWER PUBLICLY STATES THAT THE U.S. HAS BEEN CONDUCTING
RECONNAISSANCE MISSIONS OVER SOVIET TERRITORY FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS.
THE UNITED STATES CUTS ITS IMPORTS OF SUGAR FROM CUBA BY 95 PERCENT.
SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY IS NOMINATED ON THE FIRST BALLOT ALONG
WITH RUNNING MATE TEXAS SENATOR LYNDON JOHNSON.
THE SENATE CONSENTS TO THE U.S.-JAPANESE MUTUAL DEFENSE TREATY.
THE 50-STAR FLAG MAKES ITS DEBUT AT INDEPENDENCE HALL.
THE SECOND PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE IS TELEVISED FROM WASHINGTON, D.C.
SENATOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY CALLS MRS. CORETTA SCOTT KING, WIFE OF DR.
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR., WHO HAS BEEN JAILED ON A TRAFFIC VIOLATION.
THE FOURTH AND FINAL TELEVISED DEBATE BETWEEN KENNEDY
AND NIXON OCCURS.
VOTERS SEND MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR JOHN F. KENNEDY TO
THE WHITE HOUSE, 303 ELECTORAL VOTES TO NIXON'S 219.
THE SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS A RULING THAT REQUIRES TESTIMONY
FROM WITNESSES PROMISED IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION.  "THE ICEMAN
COMETH" PREMIERES STARRING ROBERT REDFORD AND JASON ROBARD.
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THE FIRST SESSION OF THE 87TH CONGRESS MEETS.
JOHN F. KENNEDY IS INAUGURATED AS THE NATION'S 35TH PRESIDENT.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY TAKES PART IN THE FIRST LIVE TV PRESS CONFERENCE.
THE UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA IS ORDERED TO ADMIT BLACKS BY FEDERAL
COURT.  DISNEY RELEASES "101 DALMATIONS."
THE UNITED STATES TAKES A STAND AGAINST THE INCREASED
INVOLVEMENT OF COMMUNIST TROOPS IN LAOS.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY CREATES THE PEACE CORPS BY EXECUTIVE ORDER.
CIA TRAINED CUBAN REFUGEES INVADE CUBA AT THE BAY OF PIGS.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY ANNOUNCES THE FORMATION OF THE PEACE CORPS.
THE MINIMUM WAGE IS RAISED TO $1.15 IN SEPT. 1961 AND $1.25 BY SEPT.
1963.  PRESIDENT KENNEDY LEAVES ON A THREE DAY TRIP TO OTTAWA.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY COMMITS THE U.S. TO "LANDING A MAN ON THE MOON AND
RETURNING HIM SAFELY TO EARTH" BY THE END OF THE DECADE.  9 MONTHS
AFTER FOUR-HOUR BLACK OUT IN N.Y.C., RECORD BIRTH RATES RECORDED.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY, IN A SHOW OF FORCE AGAINST THE SOVIET UNION,
CALLS FOR $3.5 BILLION AND AN ADDITIONAL CONTINGENT OF RESERVE
TROOPS LEGISLATION MAKES AIRPLANE HIJACKING A FEDERAL OFFENSE.
THE UNITED STATES BEGINS UNDERGROUND NUCLEAR TESTING.  JAMES
BALDWIN'S "NOBODY KNOWS MY NAME" IS PUBLISHED.
IN WASHINGTON, BIG FOUR MINISTERS MEET TO DISCUSS THE SITUATION
IN BERLIN. PRESIDENT KENNEDY PUTS HIS SIGNATURE ON AN ACT OF
CONGRESS FORMALLY ESTABLISHING THE PEACE CORPS.  "CATCH-22", BY
JOSEPH HELLER, IS PUBLISHED.  SINGER CHUBBY CHECKER'S TAKES THE
COUNTRY BY STORM WITH "THE TWIST."
THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR FICTION GOES TO AUTHOR
HARPER LEE FOR TO "KILL A MOCKINGBIRD".
AT HAMILTON, BERMUDA, PRES. KENNEDY MEETS WITH PRIME MINISTER
MacMILLIAN. PRES. KENNEDY LEAVES FOR A VISIT TO COLOMBIA,PUERTO RICO
AND VENEZUELA.
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ASTRONAUT JOHN GLENN IS THE FIRST AMERICAN TO ORBIT THE EARTH; HE
CIRCLES THE EARTH THREE TIMES IN A MERCURY SPACE CAPSULE.
THE CRASH OF A 707 AIRPLANE AT NEW YORK'S IDLEWILD AIRPORT KILLS 95
PEOPLE, THE NATION'S WORST SINGLE-PLANE AVIATION DISASTER.
YVES ST LAURENT MAKES A HIT IN PARIS WITH HIS FIRST SHOW.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY AND GREAT BRITAIN'S HAROLD MacMILLAN APPEAL TO THE
SOVIET UNION TO AGREE TO AN INTERNATIONAL TEST BAN.
THE RUSSIANS RELEASE AIR FORCE PILOT FRANCIS GARY POWERS,
SHOT DOWN OVER THE SOVIET UNION IN MAY 1960.  SEATTLE WORLD'S FAIR
IS OPENED BY JFK BY REMOTE CONTROL.
MALCOLM SCOTT CARPENTER ORBITS THE EARTH THREE TIMES.
PRESIDENT AND MRS. KENNEDY PAY A STATE VISIT TO MEXICO.
THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT THE READING OF PRAYERS
IN THE NEW YORK PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. KRUSHCHEV, AT
A BENNY GOODMAN CONCERT IN N.Y., IS PLEASED BUT PUZZLED.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY NAMES LABOR SECRETARY ARTHUR GOLDBERG TO FILL THE
POST LEFT VACANT BY FELIX FRANKFURTER'S RETIREMENT.
A COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE, TELSTAR, IS PLACED IN ORBIT.
ASTRONAUT SCHIRRA ORBITS THE EARTH NEARLY 6 TIMES IN A MERCURY
CAPSULE.
BLACK STUDENT JAMES MEREDITH IS ADMITTED TO THE UNIVERSITY
OF MISSISSIPPI AGAINST SEVERE OPPOSITION.  PRESIDENT KENNEDY
ANNOUNCES THAT THE U.S. HAS PHOTOGRAPHIC EVIDENCE THAT RUSSIA IS
BUILDING MISSILE BASES IN CUBA.  WORLD'S POPULATION REPORTEDLY
EXCEEDS 3-BILLION.
AFTER A 57 DAY STRIKE, NFL MEMBERS REACH A CONTRACT SETTLEMENT.
A LABOR DEPT. REPORT INDICATES A 6 PERCENT INCREASE IN COST OF
LIVING. CONGRESS APPROVES THE KENNEDY ADMINISTRATION'S GASOLINE
TAX BILL; WITH A NEW FEDERAL TAX OF 5 CENTS PER GALLON.  JOHN
STEINBECK IS AWARDED THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE.
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THE U.S. POSTAL SERVICE INCREASES FIRST CLASS POSTAGE TO FIVE CENTS.
PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET ROBERT FROST DIES AT AGE 88.
THE PRESIDENT PROPOSES A COMPREHENSIVE PROGRAM TO PROVIDE
JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR AMERICAN YOUTH.  WILLIE MAYS SIGNS A $100,000
ONE-YEAR CONTRACT WITH THE GIANTS.
WINSTON CHURCHILL IS GRANTED HONORARY UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP.
THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE THRESHER SINKS IN NORTHERN ATLANTIC, KILLING
129.  THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. IS ARRESTED IN BIRMINGHAM
AFTER HIS PARTICIPATION IN A CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH.  HITCHCOCK DIRECTS
JESSICA TANDY IN TERROR FILLED FILM "THE BIRDS."
NASA LAUNCHES ASTRONAUT GORDON COOPER IN A SPACE FLIGHT OF 22
ORBITS.  THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT RULES THAT BIBLE READING
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS UNCONSTITUTIONAL.  CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER MEDGAR
EVERS IS SHOT IN MISSISSIPPI.   SEAN CONNERY AND URSULA ANDRESS
STAR IN JAMES BOND FILM "DR. NO."
A NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY, AGREED UPON BY THE UNITED STATES, GREAT
BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET UNION, IS SIGNED BY THE THREE COUNTRIES.
THE UNITED STATES AND THE SOVIET UNION AGREE TO THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF A "HOT LINE" LINK BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS.
ZIP CODES BECOME OFFICIAL.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY LEAVES ON A TOUR OF ELEVEN WESTERN STATES.  THE
U.S. SENATE CONSENTS TO THE NUCLEAR TEST BAN TREATY WITH GREAT
BRITAIN AND THE SOVIET UNION.  A "HOT LINE" BETWEEN THE U.S. AND THE
SOVIET UNION GOES INTO OPERATION TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL TRIGGERING
OF MILITARY ACTS.
PRESIDENT KENNEDY IS ASSASSINATED IN DALLAS, TEXAS WHILE DRIVING
FROM THE AIRPORT BY LEE HARVEY OSWALD.  JACK RUBY FATALLY SHOOTS LEE
HARVEY OSWALD WHEN BEING TRANSPORTED TO A DIFFERENT JAIL.  THE NEW
PRESIDENT, LYNDON JOHNSON ASSURES THAT HE WILL CONTINUE THE
POLICIES OF KENNEDY.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON DELIVERS HIS STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE TO
CONGRESS ON BUDGET REDUCTIONS AND A NATIONAL "WAR AGAINST POVERTY".
THE SURGEON GENERAL ANNOUNCES PROOF THAT CIGARETTE SMOKING
CAUSES LUNG DISEASE. SOVIET PLANES DOWN A U.S. JET TRAINING OVER
EAST GERMANY.
THE UNITED STATES JOINS 115 NATIONS AT GENEVA FOR A UNITED NATIONS
CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT.  A SEVERE EARTHQUAKE IN ALASKA
KILLS 66 PEOPLE, WITH DAMAGE OF NEARLY $500 MILLION.  THE SPORTY
NEW FORD MUSTANG IS INTRODUCED WITH A STICKER PRICE OF $2,368.
MALCOLM X FORMS THE BLACK NATIONALIST PARTY.
THE SENATE PASSES 73-27 THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL OF 1964. THREE YOUNG
CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, IN MISSISSIPPI FOR THE SUMMER VOTER
REGISTRATION DRIVE, ARE REPORTED MISSING AFTER BEING RELEASED
FROM A JAIL.  NO FICTION, MUSIC OR DRAMA IS WORTHY OF A PULITZER
PRIZE THIS YEAR.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT INTO LAW.  TWO U.S.
DESTROYERS PATROLLING IN THE GULF OF TONKIN OF NO. VIETNAM ARE
ATTACKED BY NO. VIETNAMESE P.T. BOATS.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON IS
NOMINATED AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.  PETER SELLERS
STARS AS INSPECTOR CLOUSSEAU IN "THE PINK PANTHER."
THE CONCLUSION OF THE WARREN COMMISSION IS THAT LEE HARVEY OSWALD
"ACTED ALONE" IN THE ASSASSINATION OF JOHN F. KENNEDY.  THE 296,000
WORD REPORT DENIES "ANY CONSPIRACY, DOMESTIC OR FOREIGN."  THE
ROLLING STONES AIR ON THE ED SULLIVAN SHOW.  POVERTY IS NAMED AS
THE NUMBER THREE CAUSE OF DEATH IN THE U.S.
THE REVEREND MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IS HONORED AS AN ADVOCATE OF
BLACK CIVIL RIGHTS AND OF WORLD PEACE BY THE AWARD OF THE NOBEL
PEACE PRIZE.  IN A LANDSLIDE WIN, THE JOHNSON-HUMPHREY TICKET
DEFEATS GOLDWATER-MILLER.   JUDY GARLAND AND LIZA MINNELLI PERFORM
TOGETHER IN A MOTHER DAUGHTER CONCERT.
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LYNDON B. JOHNSON IS SWORN IN BY CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN .
VIETCONG GUERRILLAS ATTACK A U.S. MILITARY BASE KILLING EIGHT
AMERICANS AND WOUNDING 126.  MALCOLM X, FORMER LEADER OF THE BLACK
MUSLIMS, IS SHOT AND KILLED IN NEW YORK CITY.  FOR THE FIRST TIME
THE MAPLE LEAF FLAG IS RAISED IN CANADA.
CLOSE TO 200 STATE TROOPERS ATTACK 525 CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATORS IN
SELMA.  U.S. MARINES LAND IN VIETNAM. THE TWO BATTALIONS ARE THE
FIRST COMBAT FORCES IN THAT COUNTRY.  NASA LAUNCHES EARLY BIRD,
THE FIRST COMMERCIAL SATELLITE TO BE PUT UP IN SPACE.  MOON PHOTOS
ARE SHOWN ON LIVE TV.
THE GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCES THE TOTAL U.S. FIGHTING FORCE IS 42,200
MEN.  DEPLOYMENT OF ANOTHER 21,000 U.S. SOLDIERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED
ON JUNE 26TH.  THE SENATE ETHICS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT JOHN
BAKER BE INDICTED FOR VIOLATIONS OF THE SENATE'S CONFLICT OF
INTEREST LAWS.
U.N. AMBASSADOR ADLAI STEVENSON DIES OF A HEART ATTACK IN LONDON.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON ANNOUNCES HIS DECISION TO INCREASE U.S. STRENGTH
IN VIETNAM FROM 75,000 TO 125,000 MEN.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE
MEDICARE BILL.  A MAJOR BLACK RIOT BREAKS OUT IN WATTS, LOS ANGELES.
CLOSE-UP PHOTOS OF MARS ARE SENT BACK TO U.S. BY MARINER 4.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS A LAW CREATING THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT.  MOST OF NEW YORK CITY'S MAJOR NEWSPAPERS GO OUT
ON STRIKE.  CONGRESS PASSES AN ANTI-POLLUTION BILL WHICH EMPOWERS
THE SECRETARY OF HEALTH, EDUCATION AND WELFARE TO SET EMISSION
STANDARDS.
ARMY AND NAVY PLAY TO A 7-7 TIE IN THEIR ANNUAL FOOTBALL RIVALRY.
GEMINI 7 IS LAUNCHED INTO SPACE ON A 14-DAY MISSION, THE LONGEST
MANNED FLIGHT TO DATE.  4 PACIFISTS INDICTED FOR BURNING DRAFT
CARDS.  FERDINAND MARCOS IS INAUGURATED.  A LAW REQUIRING COMMUNISTS
TO REGISTER WITH THE U.S. IS VOIDED BY U.S. SUPREME COURT.
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IN HIS THIRD STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, PRESIDENT JOHNSON PLEDGES
TO CONTINUE WITH HIS "GREAT SOCIETY" PROGRAM WHILE MAINTAINING THE
COMMITMENT TO SOUTH VIETNAM.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON FINISHES THREE DAYS
OF TALKS IN HONOLULU WITH SOUTH VIETNAM PREMIER NGUYEN CAO KY.
APOLLO FLIES ITS FIRST SUCCESSFUL MISSION.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS THE COLD WAR GI BILL OF RIGHTS.  GEMINI 8
BECOMES THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO DOCK IN SPACE.  IN THE SECOND DAY
OF NATIONWIDE PROTESTS AGAINST THE WAR, DEMONSTRATIONS ARE STAGED
IN SAN FRANCISCO, CHICAGO, BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA AND WASHINGTON.
ACTRESS SOPHIA LOREN WEDS CARLO PONTI FOR THE SECOND TIME.
IN AN IMPORTANT DECISION AFFECTING THE RIGHTS OF SUSPECTS IN
CRIMINAL CASES, MIRANDA VS ARIZONA, THE SUPREME COURT RULES (5-4)
THAT AN ACCUSED MUST BE APPRISED OF HIS OR HER RIGHTS BEFORE
INTERROGATION.  THE U.S. ANNOUNCES THE COMMENCEMENT OF BOMBING RAIDS
AGAINST HANOI.
RIOTING ERUPTS IN CHICAGO'S WEST SIDE AFTER A FIRE HYDRANT BEING
USED BY THE DISTRICT'S BLACK CHILDREN TO KEEP COOL IN THE 98 DEGREE
TEMP. IS SHUT OFF.  MAYOR RICHARD DALEY CALLS IN THE NATIONAL GUARD.
ENTERTAINER FRANK SINATRA, 50, WEDS MIA FARROW, 21, IN LAS VEGAS.
IN OHIO POLL 54% OF PEOPLE THINK THE VIETNAM WAR IS A MISTAKE.
TWO DAYS OF RIOTING BREAK OUT IN ATLANTA AFTER A WHITE DETECTIVE
WOUNDS A BLACK YOUTH SUSPECTED OF CAR THEFT.  A MOB OF WHITES IN
GRENEDA, MISS., ATTACK BLACK STUDENTS ATTEMPTING TO INTEGRATE TWO
NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOLS.  MINIMUM WAGE IS RAISED TO $1.60 AN HOUR.
THE VIETNAM WAR IS COSTING $2 BILLION A MONTH.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS A TRUTH-IN-PACKAGING BILL REQUIRING LABELING
OF SUPERMARKET ITEMS TO PROVIDE INFORMATION ON CONTENTS.  IN THE
NATIONAL MIDTERM ELECTIONS, THE G.O.P. PICKS UP THREE SEATS IN THE
SENATE AND 47 IN THE HOUSE.  ACTOR RONALD REAGAN IS ELECTED
GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA.
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THE STATE DEPT. ANNOUNCES 5008 AMERICANS KILLED AND 30,093 WOUNDED
IN VIETNAM IN 1966.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON DELIVERS HIS FOURTH STATE OF
THE UNION MESSAGE AND ASKS FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR HIS GREAT
SOCIETY PROGRAMS.  A FIRE BREAKS OUT IN APOLLO 1 SPACECRAFT
KILLING THREE MEN.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, BY A TALLY OF 307 TO 116, VOTES TO
EXCLUDE REPRESENTATIVE-ELECT ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR. FROM THE
90TH CONGRESS.  POWELL IS ACCUSED OF USING GOVERNMENT MONEY FOR
PRIVATE USE.  10,000 HIPPIES CHANT "L-O-V-E" IS A CENTRAL PARK
BE-IN.
SENATOR THOMAS DODD OF CONNECTICUT IS CENSURED BY THE SENATE FOR
USING PUBLIC FUNDS FROM POLITICAL TESTIMONIALS AND CAMPAIGN
CONTRIBUTIONS FOR PERSONAL EXPENSES.  FIFTY-THREE NATIONS MEET IN
GENEVA AGREEING TO DRAMATIC CUTS IN TARIFF DUTIES TO STIMULATE
WORLD TRADE.
MEMBERS OF THE A.F.L.-C.I.O. INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MACHINISTS
GO OUT ON STRIKE.  BLACK RIOTING ERUPTS IN DETROIT FOLLOWING A
POLICE RAID ON AN AFTER-HOURS DRINKING CLUB ON THE CITY'S WEST
SIDE. ONE HUNDRED THIRTY-FOUR CREW MEN ARE KILLED ABOARD THE U.S.
FORESTALL IN THE GULF OF TONKIN.
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE ROBERT MCNAMARA ANNOUNCES THAT THE U.S. DEFENSE
WILL DEVELOP A "THIN" ANTIBALLISTIC MISSILE SYSTEM.  NASA'S MARINER
5 INTERPLANETARY SPACE PROBE PASSES WITHIN 2500 MILES OF VENUS AND
TRANSMITS DATA BACK ABOUT THE PLANET'S ATMOSPHERE.   POLISH SPRINTER
EWA KLOBUKOWSKA IS BANNED FROMA MEET FOR FAILING TO PASS A SEX TEST.
CONGRESS PASSES THE AIR QUALITY ACT.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON SIGNS A BILL
CREATING THE NATION COMMISSION ON PRODUCT SAFETY. FOUR DAYS OF ANTI-
WAR DEMONSTRATIONS END IN NEW YORK AFTER SOME 585 PROTESTERS ARE
ARRESTED INCLUDING DR. BENJAMIN SPOCK AND POET ALAN GINSBERG.
U.S. POPULATION HITS 200 MILLION.
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A U.S. NAVY INTELLIGENCE VESSEL, PUEBLO IS SEIZED BY NORTH KOREAN
PATROL BOATS IN THE SEA OF JAPAN.  THE U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER
ENTERPRISE IS SENT TO THE SEA OF JAPAN IN A SHOW OF FORCE.
HAIGHT ASHBURY IN SAN FRANCISCO IS CONSIDERED A HIPPIE HAVEN.
THE FIRST SUCCESSFUL HEART TRANSPLANT IS PERFORMED BY AMERICAN DRS.
NEW YORK SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION OF RUNNING
FOR THE DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.  GENERAL WILLIAM WEST-
MORELAND IS NAMED BY THE PRESIDENT AS ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF.  CIVIL
RIGHTS LEADER MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. IS ASSASSINATED IN MEMPHIS,
TENNESSEE.
PEACE TALKS BEGIN IN PARIS, FRANCE, CONCERNING THE VIETNAM WAR.  THE
U.S. POSTAL SERVICE COMMEMORATES IT'S 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF AIR MAIL
SERVICE.  ROBERT KENNEDY DIES OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN LOS ANGELES
SEVERAL HOURS EARLIER WHILE CAMPAIGNING. HE WAS SHOT BY SIRHAN
SIRHAN.
JUSTICE ABE FORTES BEGINS THREE DAYS OF TESTIMONY BEFORE THE SENATE
JUDICIARY COMMITTEE.  RICHARD M. NIXON RECEIVES HIS PARTY'S
NOMINATION FOR PRESIDENT.  THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION
OPENS IN CHICAGO.  SIRHAN SIRHAN PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO MURDERING
ROBERT F. KENNEDY.
PRESIDENT JOHNSON WITHDRAWS HIS NOMINATION OF ABE FORTAS TO BE CHIEF
SUPREME COURT JUSTICE.  PRESIDENT JOHNSON ANNOUNCES AN END TO ALL
UNITED STATES BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM.  THIS IS A MOVE TO BREAK A
STALEMATE IN THE PARIS PEACE TALKS.  JACQUELINE KENNEDY MARRIES
SHIPING MAGNATE ARISTOTLE ONASIS ON THE ISLAND OF SKORPIOS.
THE ELECTION RETURNS INDICATE THAT RICHARD M. NIXON WILL BE THE NEXT
PRESIDENT OF THE U.S.. IT WAS ONE OF THE CLOSEST ELECTIONS EVER HELD
WITH RICHARD NIXON BARELY BEATING HUBERT HUMPHREY.  A LABOR DEPT.
REPORT SHOWS THAT THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS AT ITS LOWEST IN 15 YRS.
YALE ANNOUNCES IT WILL GO CO-ED.
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PRESIDENT JOHNSON DELIVERS HIS LAST STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
RICHARD NIXON IS SWORN IN AS THE 37TH PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. AND
SPIRO T. AGNEW TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE AS VICE-PRESIDENT.  A HUGE
OIL SLICK OFF THE COAST OF SANTA BARBARA CLOSES THE HARBOR
OF THE CITY.
PRESIDENT NIXON RETURNS TO WASHINGTON AFTER AN EIGHT DAY TRIP TO
EUROPE TO VISIT LEADERS IN FIVE WESTERN COUNTRIES.  JAMES EARL RAY
PLEADS GUILTY TO THE MURDER OF MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.   DWIGHT D.
EISENHOWER DIES OF HEART FAILURE IN WASHINGTON.  CBS CANCELS "THE
SMOTHERS BROTHERS COMEDY HOUR," IT'S REPORTEDLY TOO ANTI-VIETNAM WAR
AFTER 18 DAYS IN SPACE, INCLUDING 31 ORBITS AROUND THE MOON, APOLLO
10 SPLASHES DOWN IN THE PACIFIC.  PRESIDENT NIXON MEETS WITH SOUTH
VIETNAM PRESIDENT NGUYEN VAN THIEU ON THE ISLAND OF MIDWAY TO
DISCUSS THE WAR IN VIETNAM.  WARREN BURGER TAKES OFFICE AS THE CHIEF
JUSTICE.
NEIL ARMSTRONG STEPS ONTO THE LUNAR SURFACE, THE FIRST MAN TO WALK
ON THE MOON. EDWARD KENNEDY DRIVES INTO A SALT WATER POND AND
MANAGES TO ESCAPE BUT HIS PASSENGER, MARY JO KOPECHNE DROWNS.  A
THREE-DAY MUSIC CONCERT ATTENDED BY APPROX. 300,000 YOUTHS ENDS IN
BETHEL, NEW YORK.
PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES THE WITHDRAWAL OF ANOTHER 35,000 AMERICANS
FROM VIETNAM. THE REDUCTIONS ARE PART OF NIXON'S POLICY OF VIETNAM-
IZATION WHICH HE WILL UNVEIL TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON NOVEMBER 4TH.
CIA BARS AGENTS FROM TESTIFYING CAUSING MURDER CHARGES AGAINST THE
GREEN BERETS TO BE DROPPED.
THE LARGEST ANTI-WAR RALLY IN THE HISTORY OF THE U.S. TAKES PLACE IN
WASHINGTON.  THE U.S. AND THE SOVIET UNION BEGIN STRATEGIC ARMS
LIMITATION TALKS (SALT) IN HELSINKI.  APOLLO 12 LANDS ON THE MOON.
SOME 78 MILITANT INDIANS SEIZE ALCATRAZ ISLAND IN THE SAN FRAN. BAY.
ROLLING STONES GIVE A CONCERT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN.
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IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, PRESIDENT NIXON CALLS FOR A "NEW
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE" OF EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY AND GOVERNMENT
RESPONSIVENESS TO CITIZENS' NEEDS.  THE JURY IN THE TRIAL OF THE
"CHICAGO SEVEN" FINDS THE DEFENDANTS NOT GUILTY.  PAN AM FLIES A 747
FROM N.Y. TO LONDON FOR THE FIRST TIME WITH 330 PASSENGERS.
POSTAL WORKERS IN NEW YORK CITY GO OUT ON STRIKE, IN A DEMAND FOR
HIGHER WAGES.  APOLLO 13 LANDS SAFELY IN THE PACIFIC AFTER A NEAR
CATASTROPHIC JOURNEY TO THE MOON.  PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES THAT
U.S. TROOPS HAVE BEEN SENT TO CAMBODIA TO ATTACK ENEMY BASES.
PAUL McCARTNEY ANNOUNCES HE WILL LEAVE THE BEATLES.
FOUR STUDENTS ARE KILLED AND NINE OTHERS WOUNDED AT KENT STATE
UNIVERSITY WHEN NATIONAL GUARDSMEN, CALLED IN TO DISPERSE A STUDENT
ANTI-WAR DEMONSTRATION, FIRE ON THE CROWD.  PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNS IN
TO LAW A BILL ALLOWING 18-YEAR-OLDS THE RIGHT TO VOTE IN FEDERAL
ELECTIONS.
THE COUNTRY'S MOST LIBERAL ABORTION LAW GOES INTO AFFECT IN NEW YORK
STATE.  PRESIDENT NIXON SIGNS INTO LAW A BILL MAKING THE UNITED
STATES POST OFFICE AN INDEPENDENT GOVERNMENT CORPORATION. US JUSTICE
DEPT SUES MISSISSIPPI TO FORCE SCHOOL INTEGRATION IN FALL.  FCC
ORDERS TV TO GIVE PRINE TIME TO CRITICS OF VIETNAM WAR.
OVER 340,000 MEMBERS OF THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS BEGIN A STRIKE
AGAINST GENERAL MOTORS IN BOTH U.S. AND CANADA.  NORMAN BOALAUG
RECEIVES THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE FOR HIS EFFORTS IN PERFECTING AND
INTRODUCING AROUND THE WORLD NEW STRAINS OF HIGH-YIELD,
DISEASE-RESISTANT WHEAT CROPS.
IN THE NATIONAL MIDTERM ELECTIONS, NEITHER DEMOCRATS NOR REPUBLICANS
WIN A CLEAR VICTORY.  SECRETARY OF DEFENSE MELVIN LAIRD ANNOUNCES A
DARING RAID BY AMERICAN TROOPS TO RESCUE U.S. PRISONERS 23 MILES
WEST OF HANOI.  FOUR UNIONS BEGIN A WALKOUT AGAINST THE NATION'S
RAILROADS.
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THE SOUTH VIETNAMESE ARMY, AIDED BY HEAVY U.S. AIR SUPPORT, LAUNCHES
AN ATTACK IN LAOS.  APOLLO 14 SPLASHES DOWN IN THE PACIFIC AFTER
NINE DAYS IN SPACE, INCLUDING 33 HOURS ON THE MOON'S SURFACE.
PRESIDENT NIXON DELIVERS HIS STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS.
CHARLES MANSON AND THREE WOMEN FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER.
THE SENATE CUTS OFF FUNDS FOR A SUPERSONIC PLANE (SST) DESIGNED TO
CARRY 300 PASSENGERS AND TRAVEL AT SPEEDS UP TO 1800 M.P.H.  CHARLES
MANSON AND THREE FEMALE MEMBERS OF HIS "FAMILY" ARE SENTENCED TO
DEATH AFTER BEING FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE TATE-LABIANCA
SLAYING.
JUAN V. CORONA PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO THE CHARGE OF KILLING 25 PEOPLE
MOSTLY MIGRANT WORKERS IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA.  THE ADMINISTRATION
ANNOUNCES THE LIFTING OF A 21-YEAR EMBARGO OF TRADE TO MAINLAND
CHINA. WHITNEY MUSEUM OPENED ANDY WARHOL EXHIBIT.  MARINER 9
LAUNCHED FOR ORBIT OF MARS.
FIVE HUNDRED U.S. FORCES AT FIRE BASE CHARLIE 2, FOUR MILES BELOW
THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE, TURN THE STRONGHOLD OVER TO SOUTH VIETNAMESE
TROOPS AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR COMBAT FORCES
WILL BE WITHDRAWN BY THE END OF THE YEAR.  THE LRV, A SORT OF LUNAR
DUNE BUGGY, TOOK A SOLO JOY RIDE ON THE MOON.
THE $70 BILLION KENNEDY CENTER OPENS IN WASHINGTON.  SOME 1000 STATE
TROOPERS STORM ATICA STATE PRISON IN NEW YORK, ENDING A FOUR-DAY
PRISON REVOLT. PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES HE WILL TRAVEL TO MOSCOW
NEXT YEAR TO MEET WITH SOVIET LEADERS.  WALT DISNEY WORLD OPENED IN
FLORIDA.
PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES WITHDRAWAL OF ANOTHER 45,000 MEN FROM
VIETNAM, WHICH WILL LEAVE A FORCE OF 139,000.  PHASE II OF NIXON'S
ECONOMIC PROGRAM GOES INTO EFFECT.  THE U.S. DEVALUATES THE DOLLAR
BY 8.57 PERCENT.  CHINESE FLAG RAISED AT THE UNITED NATIONS FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
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PRESIDENT NIXON GIVES APPROVAL TO THE SPACE SHUTTLE, A NASA PROJECT
TO DEVELOP A REUSABLE SPACECRAFT FIRED INTO SPACE BUT LANDING LIKE
AN AIRPLANE. PRESIDENT NIXON BEGINS AN HISTORICAL VISIT TO CHINA,
WHICH HE DESCRIBES AS A "JOURNEY FOR PEACE".  COCA-COLA PULLS MORE
THAN 3 MILLION CANS OF SOFT DRINKS OFF MARKET.
THE SENATE CONSENTS TO THE EQUAL RIGHTS AMENDMENT.  NORTH VIETNAM
TROOPS CROSS THE DEMILITARIZED ZONE TO LAUNCH A MASSIVE ATTACK
AGAINST SOUTH VIETNAM.  NASA LAUNCHES APOLLO 16. THE LUNAR MISSION,
THE FIFTH MANNED EXPEDITION TO LAND ON THE MOON IS TO COLLECT
ROCK SAMPLES.
J. EDGAR HOOVER, DIRECTOR OF THE FBI DIES.  GOVERNOR GEORGE C.
WALLACE IS SHOT BY ARTHUR H. BREMER WHILE CAMPAIGNING FOR THE
PRESIDENCY.  NIXON BEGINS A WEEK OF TALKS WITH COMMUNIST LEADERS
IN MOSCOW.  POLICE ARREST FIVE MEN IN THE WATERGATE COMPLEX
IN WASHINGTON.
THE NIXON ADMINISTRATION ANNOUNCES A DEAL WITH THE SOVIET UNION FOR
THE U.S. TO SELL $750,000,000 OF CORN, WHEAT AND OTHER GRAIN.  THE
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION BEGINS IN MIAMI BEACH. THE LAST UNITS OF U.S.
GROUND FORCES WITHDRAW FROM VIETNAM.   US GRANTS LICENSE FOR BOEING
TO SELL 727'S TO CHINA.
AT THE SUMMER OLYMPICS IN MUNICH, 11 ISRAELIS ATHLETE'S ARE KILLED
BY ARAB TERRORISTS.  RETURNING FROM SOUTH VIETNAM, SECRETARY
OF STATE, HENRY KISSINGER SAYS THAT PEACE IS "WITHIN REACH IN A
MATTER OF WEEKS OR LESS".  MARK SPITZ WON A RECORD SEVEN GOLD MEDALS
AT THE MUNICH OLYMPICS.
NIXON WINS AN OVERWHELMING VICTORY OVER SENATOR GEORGE MCGOVERN.
NIXON BEGINS A MAJOR CABINET REORGANIZATION.
PRESIDENT NIXON ORDERS THE RESUMPTION OF BOMBINGS OVER NORTH
VIETNAM. ANGRY AMERICAN INDIANS SEIZED CONTROL OF THE BUREAU OF
INDIAN AFFAIRS IN WASHINGTON TO PROTEST INJUSTICES AGAINST INDIANS.
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PRESIDENT NIXON ENDS MANDATORY WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS.  GEORGE P.
SHULTZ, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY, ANNOUNCES A 10 PERCENT
DEVALUATION OF THE AMERICAN DOLLAR AGAINST THE WORLD'S
MAJOR CURRENCIES.  THE MILITANT AMERICAN INDIAN MOVEMENT TAKE OVER
WOUNDED KNEE SOUTH DAKOTA.
JAMES W. MCCORD ADMITS, IN A LETTER TO JUDGE JOHN SIRICA, THAT HE
AND THE OTHER SIX DEFENDANTS HAVE BEEN UNDER PRESSURE TO REMAIN
SILENT ABOUT THE WATERGATE BREAK IN.  PATRICK E. GRAY, DIRECTOR
OF THE FBI, RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING HE DESTROYED WATERGATE EVIDENCE.
SCIENTISTS REPORT RINGS OF SATURN COMPOSED OF LARGE CHUNKS OF MATTER
PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES A PRICE FREEZE ON ALL RETAIL GOODS.
SOVIET LEADER LEONID BREZHNEV BEGINS A SERIES OF TALKS WITH
PRESIDENT NIXON.  TESTIFYING BEFORE THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE,
JOHN DEAN ACCUSED NIXON OF INVOLVEMENT IN THE WATERGATE COVER-UP.
U.S. SKYLAB GOES INTO ORBIT.
IN THE LARGEST MULTI-MURDER IN AMERICAN HISTORY, DAVID BROOKS AND
ELMER HENLEY ARE INDICTED FOR KILLING 27 MEN OVER A PERIOD OF 3
YEARS.  THE U.S. OFFICIALLY HALTS ITS BOMBING RAIDS INTO CAMBODIAN
TERRITORY.  WATKINS GLENN: 600,000 ATTEND BIGGEST US ROCK CONCERT.
SENATE APPROVES PLAN FOR ALASKAN PIPELINE.
ARAB COUNTRIES INVADE ISRAEL ON ONE ITS MOST IMPORTANT HOLIDAY AND
CATCHES ISRAEL BY SURPRISE TO BEGIN THE "YUM KIPPUR WAR".
VICE-PRESIDENT SPIRO AGNEW RESIGNS.  THE ARAB OIL-PRODUCING NATIONS
DECLARE AN EMBARGO ON OIL EXPORTS TO U.S.. WEST POINT ENDS TRADITION
OF GIVING SILENT TREATMENT TO HONOR CODE VIOLATORS.
CONGRESS PASSES THE WAR POWERS ACT OVER THE PRESIDENT'S VETO.  NIXON
ADDRESSES THE NATION ON THE ENERGY CRISES IN A TELEVISION BROADCAST.
THE U.S. AND EGYPT ANNOUNCE RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS AFTER
A BREAK THAT EXTENDS BACK TO 1967 WAR.  PIONEER 10 REPORTED
JUPITER'S MAGNETISM 40 TIMES GREATER THAN EARTH.
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PRESIDENT NIXON REFUSES TO SURRENDER 500 TAPES AND DOCUMENTS
SUBPOENAED BY THE SENATE WATERGATE COMMITTEE.  PATRICIA HEARST
GRANDDAUGHTER OF NEWSPAPER TYCOON, WILLIAM RANDOLPH HEARST, IS KID-
NAPPED FROM HER BERKELEY, CA APARTMENT BY THE S.L.A..  SUSAN AND
COLIN ROSENKOWITZ GIVE BIRTH TO SEXTUPLETS.
IN A MEETING IN VIENNA, ARAB OIL-PRODUCING NATIONS AGREE TO END THE
EMBARGO AGAINST THE U.S..  PRESIDENT NIXON ANNOUNCES HE WILL PAY
$432,787.13 IN BACK TAXES.  SEVEN FORMER WHITE HOUSE STAFF MEMBERS
ARE INDICTED FOR CONSPIRING TO OBSTRUCT INVESTIGATION IN WATERGATE.
PATRICIA HEARST AIDS HER CAPTORS IN A BANK ROBBERY.
FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL RICHARD KLEINDIENST PLEADS GUILTY TO A MIS-
DEMEANOR CHARGE OF FAILING TO TESTIFY FULLY AND ACCURATELY BEFORE A
SENATE COMMITTEE.  PRESIDENT NIXON BEGINS A WEEK-LONG TOUR OF THE
MIDDLE EAST IN HOPE OF PROMOTING PEACE.  LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
DECIDES TO ADMIT MEN.
THE SUPREME COURT ISSUES A UNANIMOUS DECISION DEMANDING THAT PRESIDENT
NIXON TURN OVER CONTROVERSIAL TAPE RECORDINGS.  THE HOUSE JUDICIARY
COMMITTEE APPROVES TWO ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT AGAINST THE
PRESIDENT.  IN A NATIONALLY TELEVISED SPEECH, NIXON ANNOUNCED HIS
RESIGNATION.
FORD GRANTS FORMER PRESIDENT NIXON "A FULL, FREE AND ABSOLUTE
PARDON." VIOLENT PROTESTS ERUPT AT SOUTH BOSTON HIGH AS COURT
ORDERED BUSING GOES INTO EFFECT.  PRESIDENT FORD SIGNS A CAMPAIGN
REFORM LAW WHICH SETS NEW REGULATIONS FOR FEDERAL ELECTION
CAMPAINGS.
PRESIDENT FORD ENDS AN EIGHT DAY WORLD TRIP WITH STOPS IN JAPAN,
SOUTH KOREA AND VLADIVOSTOK.  FORD SIGNS INTO LAW A BILL PLEDGING
$11.8 BILLION IN FEDERAL MONEY TO IMPROVE MASS TRANSIT.
NELSON ROCKEFELLER TAKES THE OATH OF OFFICE AS VICE-PRESIDENT.
B-1 BOMBER MAKES FIRST TEST FLIGHT SUCCESSFULLY.
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H.R. HALDERMAN, JOHN MITCHELL, JOHN ERLICHMAN AND ROBERT C. MARDIAN
ARE CONVICTED OF OBSTRUCTING THE WATERGATE INVESTIGATION.  PRESIDENT
FORD DELIVERS HIS FIRST STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, PROPOSING A $16
BILLION CUT IN INCOME TAX.  NORTHERN MARIANA'S BECOME A U.S.
COMMONWEALTH.
FORMER COMMERCE SECRETARY MAURICE STANS PLEADS GUILTY TO CHARGES
THAT HE VIOLATED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN LAWS.  PRESIDENT FORD'S CLEMENCY
PROGRAM, TO REPATRIATE DRAFT EVADERS AND DESERTERS ENDS TODAY.
THE U.S. COMP LEADS ITS EVACUATION PROGRAM IN SOUTH VIETNAM .
ROCKEFELLER IS SWORN IN AS V.P. AFTER HOUSE VOTE.
FORD ORDERS A GROUND,AIR AND SEA OPERATION TO RECOVER THE U.S. CARGO
VESSEL MAYAGUEZ, SEIZED BY THE KHMER ROUGE GOVERNMENT OF CAMBODIA.
PRESIDENT FORD VETOES A $5.3 BILLION JOBS BILL THAT PASSED CONGRESS
TO CREATE 1 MILLION JOBS.  WOMEN ARE JOINING THE US ARMY IN RECORD
PEACETIME NUMBERS.
FORD FORMALLY ANNOUNCES HIS CANDIDACY FOR THE 1976 PRESIDENTIAL
ELECTION.  FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE TEAMSTERS UNION, JAMES HOFFA, IS
REPORTED MISSING IN DETROIT.  SIX MEMBER UNIONS IN THE AFL-CIO
ANNOUNCE A BOYCOTT ON LOADING OF GRAIN BOUND FOR THE U.S.S.R..
FBI OPENS INVESTIGATION INTO THE DISAPPEARANCE OF JIMMY HOFFA.
AFTER A 19-MONTH SEARCH, POLICE CAPTURE PATRICIA HEARST, WHO HAD
BEEN KIDNAPPED BY MEMBERS OF THE SLA IN FEB. 1974 AND SUPPOSEDLY
JOINED THE TERRORIST GROUP.  SARAH JANE MOORE SHOOTS AT PRESIDENT
FORD AS HE WALKS OUT OF THE ST. FRANCIS HOTEL IN SAN FRANCISCO.
SUPREME COURT RULES, STATES MAY ALLOW SPANKING IN SCHOOLS.
WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, SUPREME COURT JUSTICE, RESIGNS AFTER 36 YEARS ON
THE COURT.  PRESIDENT FORD ANNOUNCES HIS DECISION TO HELP NEW YORK
CITY MEET ITS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS AND AVOID DEFAULTING ON LOANS.
PRESIDENT FORD CONCLUDES A  TOUR OF THE FAR EAST.  REAGAN JOINS
PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN.
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IN HIS SECOND STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, PRESIDENT FORD EXHORTS
CONGRESS TO PRACTICE FISCAL RESTRAINT IN ORDER TO CURB INFLATION.
DEFYING PRESIDENT FORD'S CALL FOR FISCAL RESTRAINT, CONGRESS
OVERRIDES HIS VETO ON A BILL PROVIDING $45 BILLION FOR SOCIAL
PROGRAMS.
PATRICIA HEARST IS FOUND GUILTY OF ARMED ROBBERY.  THE SUPREME COURT
UPHOLDS A LOWER COURT RULING ALLOWING STATES TO OUTLAW HOMOSEXUAL
ACTS, EVEN IF COMMITTED IN PRIVATE BY CONSENTING ADULTS.  MULTI-
MILLIONAIRE HOWARD HUGHES DIES. NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION REPORTS
US LEAD IN SCIENCE IS SLIPPING.
IN ONE OF THE BUSIEST DAYS OF PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARIES, PRESIDENT FORD
DEFEATS RONALD REAGAN IN KENTUCKY,TENNESSEE AND OREGON.
THE U.S. AND SOVIET UNION SIGN A FIVE-YEAR AGREEMENT LIMITING UNDER-
GROUND NUCLEAR EXPERIMENTS AND PROVIDING ON-SITE INSPECTION.
HUNDREDS PARADE THROUGH CENTRAL PARK SMOKING MARIJUANA.
THE U.S. OFFICIALLY CELEBRATES ITS 200TH BIRTHDAY WITH PARADES,
FIREWORKS AND FESTIVALS. THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN
NEW YORK CITY NOMINATES JIMMY CARTER FOR THE PRESIDENCY. PRESIDENT
FORD IS NOMINATED AT THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION. FRANK
SINATRA MARRIES BARBARA MARX.
CONGRESS COMPLETES WORK ON A BILL INCORPORATING REVISIONS IN THE TAX
CODE.  CONGRESS OVERRIDES A PRESIDENTIAL VETO ON A $56 BILLION
APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.  THE SECOND IN A SERIES OF
THREE NATIONALLY TELEVISED DEBATES BETWEEN CARTER AND FORD IS HELD.
PATTY HEARST IS SENTENCED TO 7 YEARS FOR ARMED ROBBERY.
JIMMY CARTER DEFEATS GERALD FORD TO BECOME THE NATION'S 39TH
PRESIDENT CARTER ANNOUNCES CYRUS VANCE AS SECRETARY OF STATE.
THOMAS P. O'NEIL JR. BECOME SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE.  MAYOR RICHARD
DALEY OF CHICAGO, DIES OF A HEART ATTACK AT THE AGE OT 74. NEW
JERSEY APPROVES LAS VEGAS STYLE CASINO'S FOR ATLANTIC CITY.
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GERALD FORD DELIVERS HIS LAST STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE.  GARY MARK
GILLMORE BECOMES THE FIRST PRISONER TO BE EXECUTED IN 10 YEARS.
JIMMY CARTER IS SWORN IN AS THE 39TH PRESIDENT.  THE CARTER ADMIN.
SENDS CONGRESS A $31 BILLION PROPOSAL TO STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.
ALEX HALEY'S 8 PART MINI-SERIES "ROOTS" VIEWED BY 80 MILLION.
THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ADOPTS A STRINGENT NEW ETHICS CODE
GOVERNING FINANCES OF MEMBERS.  CARTER CONDUCTS A RADIO-BROADCASTED
QUESTION-AND-ANSWER PROGRAM FROM THE WHITE HOUSE.  THE U.S. AND
VIETNAM BEGIN TALKS IN PARIS TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS.   THE
MUSICAL "ANNIE" OPENS IN N.Y.
AGREEING TO A REQUEST BY PRESIDENT CARTER, CONGRESS CREATES THE
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, THE 12TH CABINET-LEVEL EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT
IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.  A BLACKOUT OCCURS THROUGHOUT NEW YORK
CITY AND IN PARTS OF WESTCHESTER COUNTY AFTER AN ELECTRICAL STORM.
CARTER DECLARES OPPOSITION TO B-1 BOMBER.
THE U.S., FIVE OTHER INDUSTRIAL NATIONS, AND FIVE OIL-PRODUCING
NATIONS AGREE TO PROVIDE $10 BILLION IN LOANS TO HELP POOR NATIONS
HURT BY THE GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOWDOWN AND OIL PRICE RISES. EARLY
RETIREMENT REPORTED AS GROWING TREND. CARTER GIVES CORETTA SCOTT
KING MEDAL OF FREEDOM IN HONOR OF HER HUSBAND.
THE USA, USSR, AND 13 OTHER NATIONS SIGN A NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION
PACT AIMED AT LIMITING THE SPREAD ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS.  THE U.S. AND
CANADA SIGN AN AGREEMENT TO CONSTRUCT A 2700-MILE PIPELINE TO CARRY
ALASKAN NATURAL GAS ACROSS CANADA TO THE CONTINENTAL UNITED STATES.
REPORTEDLY, THE VW BUG IS BEING PHASED OUT IN THE U.S.
IN A HISTORIC JOURNEY TO PROMOTE MIDDLE EAST PEACE, EGYPTIAN
PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT TRAVELS TO JERUSALEM AT THE INVITATION OF
PRIME MINISTER BEGIN OF ISRAEL. WOMEN WIN $1.5 MILLION IN EQUALITY
ACTION, AS READER'S DIGEST SETTLED ONE OF THE NATION'S BIGGEST SEX
DISCRIMINATION CASES.
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JAPAN AND THE U.S. ANNOUNCE AGREEMENT ON ECONOMIC MEASURES AIMED AT
BALANCING THEIR TRADE RELATIONSHIP.  A SOVIET SPY SATELLITE POWERED
BY A NUCLEAR REACTOR BREAKS UP OVER NORTHWESTERN CANADA.  DESPITE
U.S. OPPOSITION, THE ISRAELI CABINET DECIDES TO CONTINUE WEST BANK
SETTLEMENT.
PRIME MINISTER IAN SMITH AND THREE BLACK NATIONALISTS SIGN AN AGREE-
MEANT TO TRANSFER POWER TO RHODESIA'S BLACK MAJORITY BY YEAR'S END.
UP TO 22,000 ISRAELI GROUND TROOPS INVADE SOUTHERN LEBANON TO
"ROOT OUT TERRORIST BASES" USED BY PALESTINIAN GUERRILLAS.  WOODY
ALLENS "ANNIE HALL" WINS FOUR OSCARS.
CALIFORNIA VOTERS APPROVE PROPOSITION 13 BY A VOTE OF ALMOST 2 TO 1.
IN A MUCH PUBLICIZED CASE, THE SUPREME COURT RULES THAT STRICT
RACIAL QUOTAS BY UNIVERSITIES ARE FLATLY ILLEGAL.  THE CASE BEFORE
THE COURT INVOLVES THE REJECTION OF ALAN BAKKE TO THE UNIVERSITY OF
CALIFORNIA AT DAVIS.
CARTER SIGNS A BILL PROVIDING FOR A FEDERAL GUARANTEE ON $1.6
BILLION IN LOANS TO THE CITY OF NEW YORK.
CONGRESS PASSES AN AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION GIVING THE DISTRICT
OF COLUMBIA FULL VOTING RIGHTS IN CONGRESS.  LOUISE BROWN, THE
FIRST TEST TUBE BABY, IS BORN IN LONDON.
EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR SADAT AND ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM
BEGIN END THEIR PRIVATE TALKS HELD AT CAMP DAVID, MEDIATED BY
PRESIDENT CARTER.  WALL STREET ENDS THE WORST WEEK IN ITS HISTORY,
THE DOW-JONES CLOSING AT AN AVERAGE OF 838.01 PER SHARE DOWN 59.01
POINTS.
REPRESENTATIVE LEO RYAN OF CAL. AND OTHERS TRAVELING WITH HIM ARE
MURDERED NEAR JAMESTOWN, GUYANA, BY MEMBERS OF A RELIGIOUS SECT.
CLEVELAND, OHIO BECOMES THE FIRST AMERICAN CITY TO DEFAULT SINCE
THE DEPRESSION. CHRYSLER ANNOUNCED IT WILL HIRE LEE A. IACOCCA.
HOUSE COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSPIRACY LIKELY IN MARTIN L. KING MURDER
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THE U.S. OPENS DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH MAINLAND CHINA AND SEVERS
TIES WITH TAIWAN.  PATRICIA HEARST IS RELEASED FROM JAIL AFTER
PRESIDENT CARTER COMMUTES HER SENTENCE.  CARTER ASKS CONGRESS TO
PASS LEGISLATION ENABLING HIM TO IMPOSE GAS RATIONING AND OTHER
MEASURES.
ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER MENACHEM BEGIN AND EGYPTIAN PRESIDENT ANWAR
SADAT SIGN A PEACE TREATY IN A FORMAL CEREMONY IN WASHINGTON.  A
MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER ACCIDENT OCCURS AT THE THREE MILE ISLAND REACTOR
NEAR HARRISBURG, PENN.  US JUDGE BARS USE OF ARTICLE ON HOW TO BUILD
H-BOMB.
IN THE WORST AVIATION ACCIDENT IN AMERICA'S HISTORY, 273 PEOPLE ARE
KILLED AS A DC-10 CRASHES AFTER TAKEOFF FROM CHICAGO'S O'HARE
AIRPORT. PRESIDENT CARTER GIVES HIS APPROVAL TO A NEW GUIDED MISSILE
SYSTEM CALLED THE MX - WHICH IS EXPECTED TO COST $30,000,000,000.
MARGARET THATCHER BECOMES THE FIRST FEMALE BRITISH PREMIER.
OPEC COUNTRIES ANNOUNCE ANOTHER HIKE IN OIL PRICES WHICH, WITH
PREVIOUS INCREASES DURING THE LAST 12 MONTHS, WILL BRING THE PRICE
OF THE COMMODITY TO A RATE 50 PERCENT HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO.
CONGRESS APPROVES CARTER'S PROPOSAL FOR THE CREATION OF A DEPT. OF
EDUCATION.
THE U.S. FORMALLY GIVE UP THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE.  THE CANAL IS TO
REVERT TO PANAMANIAN CONTROL ON THE LAST DAY OF THE 20TH CENTURY.
POPE JOHN PAUL II BEGINS A WEEK-LONG TRIP TO THE U.S., WHICH WILL
INCLUDE BOSTON, NEW YORK CITY, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO AND WASHINGTON.
MUSLIM STUDENTS IN IRAN STORM THE U.S. EMBASSY IN TEHERAN, TAKING 66
AMERICANS HOSTAGE.  THE STUDENTS DEMAND THAT THE SHAH RETURN TO FACE
TRIAL.  CARTER CALLS FOR THE DEPORTATION OF ALL IRANIAN STUDENTS IN
THE U.S. ILLEGALLY,  IRANIAN ASSETS ARE FROZEN IN AMERICAN BANKS.
LEE A. IACOCCA SUCCEEDS JOHN RICCARDO AS CEO OF CHRYSLER.
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THE PRICE OF GOLD SOARS TO $802 AN OUNCE ON THE NEW YORK MARKET.
PRESIDENT CARTER ANNOUNCES THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS WILLING TO
SELL WEAPONS TO CHINA.  LABOR STATISTICS REVEAL THAT THE 1979
INFLATION RATE WAS THE HIGHEST IN 33 YEARS.  HONDA TO BUILD JAPAN'S
FIRST U.S. PASSENGER-CAR ASSEMBLY PLANT IN OHIO.
THE PRICE OF SILVER DROPS BY $5 TO $10.80 AN OUNCE.  PRESIDENT
CARTER SIGNS A BILL REGULATING THE BANKING INDUSTRY.  THE LAW
RAISES THE INTEREST RATES THAT BANKS MAY OFFER SMALL INVESTORS.
CARTER ALSO SIGNS THE CRUDE OIL WINDFALL PROFITS TAX ACT.  CARTER
TELLS ATHLETES WE'LL SHIP OLYMPICS.
THREE DAYS OF RIOTING BEGIN IN MIAMI SHORTLY AFTER AN ALL-WHITE JURY
ACQUITS FOUR WHITE POLICEMEN OF KILLING A BLACK INSURANCE EXECUTIVE.
MOUNT ST. HELENS ERUPTS, KILLING AT LEAST 26 PEOPLE.  PRESIDENT
CARTER SIGNS A BILL FOR THE DRAFT REGISTRATION OF 19 AND 20
YEAR-OLD MEN.
THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION MEETING IN DETROIT, SELECTS
RONALD REAGAN AS THE PARTY'S NOMINEE FOR PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED
STATES.  REAGAN AIDS WILL LAUNCH A STRONG BUT UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO
ENTICE FORMER PRESIDENT GERALD FORD TO RUN AS REAGAN'S RUNNING MATE.
CARTER SIGNS BILL FOR DRAFT REGISTARTION AT AGE 18.
THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION MEETING IN NEW YORK CITY
RENOMINATES JIMMY CARTER AND WALTER MONDALE TO HEAD THE PARTY'S
TICKET IN 1980.  SWITZERLAND: TEN-MILE TUNNEL, WORLD'S LONGEST,
OPENS, LINKING GOSCHENEN AND AIROLO.  SOVIETS DEMAND RETURN OF
SOLDIERS SEEKING ASYLUM IN U.S. AFGHAN EMBASSY.
PRESIDENT CARTER AND RONALD REAGAN DEBATE IN CLEVELAND IN A
NATIONALLY TELEVISED BROADCAST.  POLLSTERS CLAIM THAT VIEWERS RATE
REAGAN THE WINNER.  IN A LANDSLIDE VICTORY, RONALD REAGAN DEFEATS
JIMMY CARTER FOR PRESIDENT, WINNING ALMOST 52 PERCENT OF THE
POPULAR VOTE.
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RONALD REAGAN IS SWORN IN AS THE COUNTRY'S 40TH PRESIDENT.
AFTER 444 DAYS OF CAPTIVITY THE 52 AMERICANS HELD HOSTAGE BY IRAN
ARE RELEASED.  CHRYSLER CORP. ANNOUNCES THAT ITS LOSSES FOR 1980
AMOUNTED TO $1,710,000,000, THE LARGEST IN AMERICAN BUSINESS
HISTORY.
PRESIDENT REAGAN IS SHOT BY JOHN W. HINKLEY JR. AFTER GIVING A
SPEECH AT THE WASHINGTON HILTON BALLROOM AND WALKING TOWARDS HIS
LIMOUSINE PRESIDENT REAGAN LIFTS THE GRAIN EMBARGO ON THE
SOVIET UNION.  SENATOR HARRISON WILLIAMS IS CONVICTED OF BRIBERY IN
THE ABSCAM INVES.
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYERS GO ON STRIKE.  WAYNE WILLIAMS, A 28
YEAR OLD BLACK MAN, IS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH THE MURDER OF TWO
BLACKS IN ATLANTA.  ALTHOUGH HE IS FORMALLY ACCUSED OF ONLY TWO
KILLINGS, WILLIAMS IS BELIEVED RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS OF 28
OTHERS.
CALIFORNIA BEGINS AERIAL SPRAYING TO BATTLE THE DISASTROUS
INFESTATION OF THE MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY.  TWO AERIAL WALK WAYS
COLLAPSE AT THE HYATT REGENCY HOTEL IN KANSAS CITY.  13,000 MEMBERS
OF THE U.S. PROFESSIONAL AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLERS GO ON STRIKE.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN NAMED TO SUPREME COURT.
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR BECOMES THE FIRST WOMAN EVER OF THE SUPREME
COURT.  PRESIDENT REAGAN PRESENTS A FIVE POINT PROGRAM FOR
STRENGTHENING AMERICA'S MILITARY DEFENSE SYSTEM.  THE SENATE
APPROVES PLANS TO SELL SAUDI ARABIA SEVERAL BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF
MILITARY EQUIPMENT.
FOLLOWING ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE POLISH GOVERNMENT OF A CRACKDOWN OF
ITS INDEPENDENT LABOR UNION SOLIDARITY, REAGAN IMPOSES SANCTIONS
AGAINTS THE SOVIET UNION.  REAGAN CALLS FOR A BAN ON HIGH TECH.
EQUIPMENT TO THE U.S.S.R. AS WELL AS OTHER MEASURES. ANATOLY KARPOV
WINS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP IN CHESS.
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IN HIS STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, PRESIDENT REAGAN STATES HIS
INTENTION TO TRANSFER MANY PROGRAMS TO STATE AND LOCAL CONTROL.
WAYNE WILLIAMS IS FOUND GUILTY OF KILLING TWO OF THE 28 YOUNG BLACKS
FOUND MURDERED IN AND AROUND ATLANTA. HE IS SUSPECTED OF THE OTHERS.
EASTMAN KODAK INTRODUCES THE FILM DISK.
THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS NEGOTIATE A NEW CONTRACT FOR FORD MOTOR CO.
WORKERS AGREE TO GIVE UP CERTAIN WAGE AND BENEFIT INCREASES FOR JOB
SECURITY CLAUSES.  ON MARCH 21 GENERAL MOTORS WILL ANNOUNCE A
SIMILAR AGREEMENT WITH THE UNITED AUTO WORKERS.  JOHN BELUSHI DIES
OF A DRUG OVERDOSE.
THE WORLD'S FAIR OPENS IN KNOXVILLE, WITH PRESIDENT REAGAN ATTENDING
THE CEREMONIES.  THE FIRST BRITISH TROOPS LAND ON THE FAULKLANDS.
THE ISRAELI ARMY INVADES SOUTHERN LEBANON, CLAIMING IT MUST DRIVE
OUT THE PALESTINIANS WHO HAVE SHELLED ISRAELIS FROM THIS AREA.
CLAUS VON BULOW IS GIVEN 30 YEARS FOR ATTEMPTED MURDER OF WIFE.
SAN FRANCISCO BECOMES THE FIRST CITY IN U.S. TO BAN THE SALE AND
POSSESSION OF HANDGUNS.  A PAN AMERICAN JETLINER CRASHES AFTER
TAKEOFF FROM NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. 154 PEOPLE ARE
KILLED.  THE MANVILLE CORP. FILES FOR BANKRUPTCY DUE TO ASBESTOS
LAW SUITS.
PRESIDENT REAGAN ANNOUNCES THAT HE WILL NOT BLOCK A BILL TO ALLOW
PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  THE ICC APPROVES THE COMBINATION OF
UNION PACIFIC, MISSOURI PACIFIC, AND WESTERN PACIFIC RAILROADS.
REAGAN'S ADMIN. SHOWS A BUDGET DEFICIT OF OVER $110 BILLION.  ANDREW
LLOYD WEBER'S "CATS" OPENS ON BROADWAY.
CONGRESS APPROVES THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION'S GASOLINE TAX BILL;
WITH A NEW FEDERAL TAX OF 5 CENTS PER GALLON, IT IS EXPECTED TO
BRING IN NEARLY $5.5 BILLION A YEAR FOR HIGHWAY AND BRIDGE REPAIRS.
AFTER A 57-DAY STRIKE, NFL MEMBERS REACH A TENTATIVE CONTRACT
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SEN. ALAN CRANSTON, SEN. GARY HART, WALTER MONDALE, AND REUBEN ASKEW
DECLARE THEIR CANDIDACY FOR THE 1984 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL
NOMINATION.  AMERICAN DOCTORS CALL FOR BOXING BAN DUE TO RECENT
FINDINGS THAT CHRONIC BRAIN DAMAGE IS PREVALENT AMONG PRIZEFIGHTERS.
DEMONSTRATORS MARK TEN YEARS OF LEGAL ABORTION.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ITS 23-YEAR HISTORY, THE ORGANIZATION OF
PETROLEUM EXPORTING COUNTRIES (OPEC) AGREED TO CUT PRICES OF ITS
CRUDE OIL.  PRESIDENT REAGAN SIGNED INTO LAW A COMPROMISE AND
BIPARTISAN BILL DESIGNED TO RESCUE THE SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM.
"GANDHI" WINS EIGHT ACADEMY AWARDS.
THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE AND SENATE VOTED TO FREE $625
MILLION FOR THE MX MISSILE.  SALLY RIDE BECAME THE FIRST AMERICAN
WOMAN TO TRAVEL IN SPACE WHEN THE SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER WAS
LAUNCHED FROM CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA.  SENATE PANEL VOTES $20 MILLION
IN AID TO EL SALVADOR, $30 MILLION LESS THAN REAGAN WANTED
IN AN 8-1 DECISION THE U.S. SUPREME COURT HELD THAT THE INTERNAL
REVENUE SERVICE COULD DENY TAX EXEMPTIONS TO PRIVATE SCHOOLS THAT
PRACTICED RACIAL DISCRIMINATION.  THE 3 BIG AUTO COMPANIES REPORTED
THAT SALES INCREASED 16.7 PERCENT.  CASTRO ACCUSES U.S. OF CREATING
"ATMOSPHERE OF TERROR" AROUND NICARAGUA.
THE SOVIET UNION SHOT DOWN A SOUTH KOREAN AIRLINER OUT OF THE SKY
KILLING ALL 269 PEOPLE ABOARD.  241 MARINES AND SAILORS WERE KILLED
IN BEIRUT WHEN A TNT-LADEN SUICIDE TERRORIST BLEW UP MARINE
HEADQUARTERS AT BEIRUT INT. AIRPORT.  U.S. MARINES AND RANGERS
INVADE GRENADA.
SOME 100 MILLION PEOPLE WATCH A CONTROVERSIAL MOTION PICTURE, "THE
DAY AFTER", ON THE ABC TELEVISION NETWORK.  IT DEPICTED THE IMPACT
OF NUCLEAR WAR.  VIOLENCE CONTINUES IN LEBANON ON SEVERAL FRONTS.
YASIR ARAFAT (PLO LEADER) AND HIS MEN ARE EVACUATED FROM TRIPOLI.
REAGAN SIGNS BILL MAKING MARTIN LUTHER KING'S B'DAY A NAT'L HOLIDAY.
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PRESIDENT REAGAN ANNOUNCED THAT HE WOULD SEEK REELECTION FOR A
SECOND TERM IN 1984.  PRESIDENT REAGAN REMOVED U.S. MARINES FROM
BEIRUT AND PLACED THEM ON U.S. SHIPS OFFSHORE.  SOVIET LEADER YURI
V. ANDROPOV DIED IN MOSCOW AFTER A LENGTHY ILLNESS. US & VATICAN
ESTABLISH FULL DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS FOR FIRST TIME IN 117 YEARS
STANDARD OIL OF CALIFORNIA BUYS GULF OIL. THE MERGER IS THE LARGEST
IN U.S. HISTORY.  THE U.S. SENATE REJECTED 2 AMENDMENTS THAT
WOULD HAVE PERMITTED PRAYER IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.  PRESIDENT REAGAN
VISITS CHINA FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT.  MARY LOU RETTON
SCORES PERFECT TEN IN VAULT AT MADISON SQUARE GARDEN MEET.
THE U.S.S.R. ANNOUNCED THAT IT WOULD NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE SUMMER
OLYMPIC GAMES IN LOS ANGELES.  FORMER VICE PRESIDENT WALTER MONDALE
CLAIMED VICTORY IN HIS LONG STRUGGLE WITH SEN. GARY HART FOR THE
DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION.  NEW ORLEANS WORLD'S FAIR OPENS.
MOVIES NOW HAVE A RATING FOR UNDER-13'S, PG-13.
JESSE JACKSON SUCCEEDED IN PERSUADING FIDEL CASTRO TO FREE 48
PRISONERS IN CUBA.  FOUR AMTRACK CRASHES TAKE 10 LIVES IN U.S.
JAMES HUMPHREY SHOT 21 PERSONS IN A McDONALD'S RESTAURANT IN
SAN YSIDRO, CA.  JOHN DeLOREAN WAS FOUND NOT GUILTY IN A POPULAR
DRUG CASE.
FOR THE FIRST TIME AS PRESIDENT, RONALD REAGAN MET WITH SOVIET
FOREIGN MINISTER ANDREI GROMYKO IN THE U.S.  THE SPACE SHUTTLE,
DISCOVERY, COMPLETED ITS FIRST FLIGHT.  GENERAL MOTORS AND THE
UNITED AUTO WORKERS REACHED A TENTATIVE CONTRACT SETTLEMENT.
10,000 TAKE THE OATH OF CITIZENSHIP AT THE ORANGE BOWL IN MIAMI.
A WOMAN WAS EXECUTED IN NORTH CAROLINA FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE
U.S. IN 22 YEARS.  GAS LEAK IN BHOPAL, INDIA KILLS 1600 PEOPLE,
INJURING 50,000 IN THE UNION CARBIDE PLANT. THE HEART OF A BABOON
WAS IMPLANTED IN A 15-DAY-OLD GIRL WHO WAS BORN WITH A SEVERE
HEART DEFECT.
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69 PEOPLE DIED IN A PLANE CRASH RETURNING TO MINNEAPOLIS FROM A
GAMBLING TRIP IN RENO. THE RECORD COLD IN FLORIDA DAMAGES 9/10
OF ORANGE AND GRAPEFRUIT PRODUCTION. THE SPACE SHUTTLE, DISCOVERY,
TAKES OFF ON ITS FIRST FLIGHT EXCLUSIVELY FOR SECRET MILITARY
OBJECTIVES.
PRESIDENT REAGAN DECIDES AGAINST ASKING JAPAN TO EXTEND EXPORT
QUOTAS, EXPIRING MARCH 31. WILLIAM SCHROEDER BECOMES THE FIRST
PERSON TO LIVE OUTSIDE A HOSPITAL WITH AN ARTIFICIAL HEART.
COCA-COLA CHANGES THE 99-YEAR OLD RECIPE FOR THE WORLD'S
BEST-SELLING SOFT DRINK.
JOHN A. WALKER, JR. AND 3 OTHERS ARE CHARGED WITH ATTEMPTING TO
PASS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO SOVIET AGENTS. 17 MARINES DIE IN A
HELICOPTER CRASH AFTER IT DEVELOPED MECHANICAL TROUBLE IN THE
PACIFIC OCEAN. AN AIR-INDIA BOEING 747 CRASHES IN THE ATLANTIC
KILLING ALL 329 ABOARD.
COCA-COLA DECIDES TO REVIVE ITS 99-YEAR OLD SECRET FORMULA UNDER THE
NAME "CLASSIC COKE." A JAPAN AIRLINES BOEING 747 WITH 524 PEOPLE
CRASHES INTO A MOUNTAIN RANGE MAKING IT THE WORST AIR DISASTER EVER
TO INVOLVE A SINGLE PLANE. A CAR BOMB KILLS 50 IN EAST BEIRUT.
ROCK HUDSON IS HOSPITALIZED FOR AIDS.
ROCK HUDSON DIES AFTER A BATTLE WITH THE DISEASE AIDS. PALESTINIAN
TERRORISTS HIJACK THE ITALIAN CRUISELINER ACHILLE LAURO, WITH 511
PEOPLE ABOARD. RACIAL VIOLENCE SPREADS TO WHITE AREAS FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN SOUTH AFRICA'S YEAR-LONG WAVE OF UNREST.  US ENDS POLICY OF
CHECKING DRAFT REGISTRATION THROUGH COLLEGE RECORDS.
A SNOW-CAPPED VOLCANO IN COLOMBIA ERUPTS OVERNIGHT, KILLING AT LEAST
20,000 PEOPLE. A DC-8 JETLINER CARRYING 250 AMERICAN SOLDIERS
CRASHES IN GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND, KILLING EVERYONE ABOARD.
ARTHUR JAMES WALKER IS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HIS
ESPIONAGE ACTIVITIES.
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SPACE SHUTTLE CHALLENGER EXPLODES AFTER TAKEOFF KILLING ALL SEVEN
PEOPLE ABOARD. IT IS THE WORST DISASTER IN N A S A HISTORY.
PRESIDENT FERDINAND MARCOS OF THE PHILIPPINES IS OVERTHROWN AND
FLEES FOR GUAM AFTER 20 YEARS OF RULE.  PRESIDENTS REAGAN AND
GORBACHEV EXCHANGE NEW YEARS'S GREETINGS.
A MEXICAN AIRLINE PLANE CRASHES KILLING 166 PASSENGERS. U.S. ATTACKS
LIBYAN SITES AFTER LIBYA FIRES MISSILES AT U.S. PLANES. THE US FEARS
A NEW WAVE OF TERRORISM AGAINST AMERICANS IN EUROPE LAUNCHED BY
LIBYAN LEADER COLONEL KADAFI.  TEXAS MARKS 150TH BIRTHDAY. TWA
CANCELS HALF ITS FLIGHTS AS ATTENDANTS STRIKE OVER WAGES.
A MAJOR ACCIDENT AT A HUGE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN RUSSIA CAUSES
WORLD CONCERN AND THOUSANDS ARE EVACUATED. COLLEGE BASKETBALL STAR
LEN BIAS DIES FROM AN OVERDOSE OF COCAINE. MILLIONS OF BLACKS STRIKE
IN SOUTH AFRICA IN DEFENSE OF GOVERNMENT REPRESSION.  NATO ACCEPTS
REAGAN'S PLAN TO PRODUCE CHEMICAL WEAPONS FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1969.
THE 100TH BIRTHDAY OF THE STATUE OF LIBERTY IS CELEBRATED WITH
MUSIC, FIREWORKS, SPEECHES, AND LASER BEAMS TO RELIGHT STATUE ON
LIBERTY  ISLAND.  U.S. SENATE PANEL VOTES FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST
SOUTH AFRICA.  CLASSIC COKE THRIVING JUST TWO MONTHS AFTER ITS 100TH
BIRTHDAY.  NEW COKE--FELL FLAT.
U.S. SHUTS DOWN HANFORD NUCLEAR REACTOR LOCATED NEAR RICHLAND,
WASHINGTON, BECAUSE IT RESEMBLED IN DESIGN RUSSIA`S CHERNOBYL
REACTOR, WHICH RELEASED LETHAL AMOUNTS OF RADIATION IN 1986. JUDGE
BARS MANDATORY DRUG TESTING OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES. PRINCE CHARLES
SPEAKS AT 350TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION AT HARVARD.
IT IS REPORTED THAT THE IRAN GOVT.L GOT U.S. WEAPONS FOR SEEKING
RELEASE OF HOSTAGES.  IVAN BOESKY WILL PAY $100 MIL. AS A PENALTY
FOR HIS INVOLVMENT IN THE WALL STREET INSIDER TRADING GAME.  CARY
GRANT DIED SUDDENLY AT THE AGE OF 80.  WHITE HOUSE DISCLOSES THAT
THE GOVT. DID SELL ARMS TO IRAN AND SEND THE MONEY TO NICARAGUA.
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PRES. RONALD REAGAN HAD PROSTRATE SURGERY AT NAVY MEDICAL CENTER.
REAGAN SUBMITS THE NATIONS FIRST TRILLION-DOLLAR BUDGET.UNEMPLOYMENT
IS AT IT`S ALL TIME LOW. "GLASNOST"IS THE KEY TO NEW SOVIET ERA WITH
GENERAL SECRETARY GORBACHEV`S PUSH TO REJUVENATE THE SOVIET ECONOMY.
YOUR BIRTHSTONE IS THE GARNET.
PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IMPOSES DUTY TAXES ON JAPANESE PRODUCTS IN
RESPONSE TO JAPANS SELLING SEMICONDUCTOR CHIPS IN THE UNITED STATES
FOR LESS THAN "FAIR MARKET VALUE". CAR MANUFACTURER CHRYSLER, TO BUY
AMERICAN MOTORS FOR ESTIMATED $1.5 BILLION.  VAN GOGH PAINTING NAMED
"SUNFLOWERS" BRINGS A RECORD $39.9 MILLION AT CHRISTI`S AUCTION.
A 19 YEAR OLD GERMAN PILOT LANDS HIS SMALL AIRPLANE IN RED SQUARE,
SOVIET UNION. 37 U.S. NAVY SAILORS KILLED BY IRAQ MISSILE IN PERSIAN
GULF.  GARY HART ABRUPTLY DROPPED OUT OF THE 1988 DEMOCRATIC
PRESIDENTIAL RACE BECAUSE OF RUMORS OF "WOMANIZING" AND AN AFFAIR
WITH MIAMI MODEL, MS. DONNA RICE.
MR. ROBERT BORK IS NOMINATED BY PRES. RONALD REAGAN FOR U.S. COURT
OF APPEALS, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, TO FILL A VACANCY ON THE U.S.
SUPREME COURT.FRANCE BROKE OFF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH IRAN.OUSTED
PHILIPPINES PRES., MARCOS, BOASTED OF VAST FORTUNE IN HIDDEN GOLD
& SWISS BANK ACCOUNTS, THIS RECORDED ON TAPE WITHOUT HIS KNOWLEDGE.
POPE JOHN PAUL THE 2nd, VISITED THE UNITED STATES. THE UNITED STATES
OBSERVES THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE SIGNING OF THE US CONSTITUTION
AFTER YEARS OF RESEARCH, A TREATY BETWEEN 24 MAJOR WORLD COUNTRIES
WAS SIGNED DESIGNED TO PRESERVE THE OZONE LAYER.EARTHQUAKE MEASURING
6.1 ON THE RICHTER SCALE STRUCK SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ON OCT. 1ST.
STOCK MARKET BEGINS TO STABILIZE AFTER THE BIGGEST DOW JONES POINT
LOSS OF 450 POINTS BELOW ITS ALL TIME HIGHS IN AUGUST.  REVEREND
JERRY FALWELL QUITS THE P.T.L. MINISTRY.  WASHINGTON: GINSBURG QUITS
AS COURT NOMINEE AFTER ADMITTING HE HAD USED MARIJUANA. US LAUNCHES
UNMANNED ROCKET ON SECRET MISSION TO MOON, FIRST SINCE CHALLENGER.
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UNEMPLOYMENT REACHED AN 8 YEAR LOW. U.S. AND SOVIET LEADERS EXCHANGE
TELEVISED GREETINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR. OIL POLLUTES DRINKING WATER
FOR 750,000 IN PITTSBURGH SUBURBAN AREA.  WEST GERMAN WOMAN ARRESTED
IN DISCO BOMBING FATAL TO TWO U.S. SERVICEMEN.  U.S. AND SOVIET
UNION SIGN ACCORD ON SCIENCE AND RESEARCH.
US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY FINDINGS CONFIRMED THAT MAN MADE
CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS (CFC's) WERE RESPONSIBLE THE DECLINE OF THE
EARTH'S OZONE LAYOR. FIRST U.S. BLACK ARCHBISHOP CHOSEN TO HEAD
ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE. TOP FIGURES INDICTED IN IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR.
ARIZONA GOVERNOR EVAN MECHAM IMPEACHED AFTER TRIAL.
1.4 MILLION IMMIGRANTS MET THE MAY 4TH DEADLINE FOR APPLYING FOR
AMNESTY UNDER A U.S. IMMIGRATION SERVICE POLICY. PRES. REAGAN PAID
HIS FIRST VISIT TO RUSSIA FOR HIS FOURTH VISIT WITH SOVIET LEADER
MIKHAIL GORBACHEV. SURGEON GENERAL DECLARES THAT CIGARETTES ARE
ADDICTIVE.  SCIENTISTS DECIPHER SECOND GENETIC CODE.
U.S. JUDGE SENTENCES CARLOS LEHDER RIVAS, COLUMBIA DRUG DEALER TO
LIFE IN PRISON. REAGAN SIGNS SWEEPING MEASURES AIMED AT UNFAIR TRADE
U.S. WARNS HOMEOWNERS OF RADON PERIL.  SPACE SHUTTLE, DISCOVERY, IN
ORBIT AS CIVILIAN SPACE PROGRAM RESUMES AFTER CHALLENGER DISASTER.
GORBACHEV NAMED SOVIET PRESIDENT.
ORBIT AS SPACE PROGRAM RESUMES AFTER CHALLENGER DISASTER. GORBACHEV
NAMED SOVIET PRESIDENT. SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE "BURAN" SUCCEEDS IN
DEBUT BY COMPLETING TWO ORBITS.  U.S. AIR FORCE UNVEILS STEALTH
BOMBER.
GEORGE BUSH, IS ELECTED THE 41ST PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA.  DAN QUAYLE BECOMES VICE PRESIDENT. SOVIET SPACE SHUTTLE
"BURAN" SUCCEEDS IN DEBUT COMPLETING TWO ORBITS. TWO SOVIET
ASTRONAUTS SET RECORD FOR STAYING IN SPACE 366 DAYS. BENAZIR BHUTTO,
FIRST ISLAMIC WOMAN CHOSEN TO LEAD PAKISTAN'S GOVERNMENT.
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REAGAN BIDS FAREWELL TO OFFICE (JAN 11) GEORGE BUSH INAUGURATED
(JAN 20).  ALASKA SUFFERS RECORD COLD WAVE (JAN. 28) TEMPERATURES
SLID TO A RANGE LOWER THAN 70 DEGREES BELOW ZERO.  ECONOMIC REFORMER
ANTE MARKOVIC IS APPOINTED YUGOSLAVIA'S NEW PRIME MINISTER. 70
PEOPLE ARE KILLED IN BANGLADESH'S WORST TRAIN WRECK.
IMPORTS OF ASSAULT RIFLES BANNED (MARCH 14) PENDING REVIEW OF
SPORTING USE OF MILITARY-STYLE WEAPONS.  HIGH COURT BACKS SOME DRUG
TESTING (MARCH 21) FOR RAIL INDUSTRY AND IN MOST RESPECTS
FOR CUSTOM SERVICE EMPLOYEES.  AIR FORCE GROUNDS B-1S (MARCH 28),
ENTIRE FLEET REMOVED FROM SERVICE.
EIGHT NATIONS BACK MOVE TO SAVE OZONE (MAY 2) HELSINKI CONFERENCE
APPROVES BAN BY END OF CENTURY ON HARMFUL SUBSTANCES DESTROYING
OZONE LAYER.  PANAMANIAN ELECTIONS DECLARED FRAUD (MAY 8). JIMMY
CARTER SAYS ARMED FORCES PREVENTED OPPOSITION FROM BEING DECLARED
WINNER.
OLIVER L. NORTH SENTENCED (JULY 5): U.S COURT FINES FORMER
LIEUTENANT COLONEL $150,000 FOR CRIMES IN IRAN-CONTRA AFFAIR.
STEALTH BOMBER FLIES (JULY 17): B-2 RADAR-AVOIDING PLANE TAKES OFF
ON FIRST FLIGHT.  FORMER PRES. REAGAN INJURED FALLING OFF HORSE AND
SUFFERS MINOR INJURIES IN MEXICO ACCIDENT.
PRES. BUSH UNVEILS DRUG PLAN (SEPT. 5), PRESIDENT PROPOSES NATIONAL
STRATEGY FOCUSSING ON INCREASED LAW ENFORCEMENT AGAINST DRUG DEALERS
AND USERS. MISS AMERICA RECEIVES CROWN, DEBBYE TURNER FROM MEXICO,
MO. IRVING BERLIN DIES (SEPT. 22), AMERICA'S LEGENDARY COMPOSER OF
POPULAR SONGS DIES AT THE AGE OF 101.
AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, THE EAST GERMAN GOVERNMENT ALLOWS ITS
PEOPLE TO FREELY CROSS THE BORDERS.  800,000 PEOPLE VISIT THE WEST
IN ONE DAY AFTER HOLE IS CUT IN BERLIN WALL IN OLD BERLIN.  U.S.
WRESTLER KONISHIKI, WEIGHING 490 POUNDS, BECOMES SECOND FOREIGNER
TO WIN EMPEROR'S CUP.
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MANUEL NOREIGA SURRENDERS TO U.S. OFFICIALS IN PANAMA CITY.
A BUS-SIZED FAILING SATELLITE IS RETRIEVED BY SPACE SHUTTLE
COLUMBIA.   PAKISTANI PRIME MINISTER BENAIR BHUTTO BECOMES
FIRST WOMAN HEAD OF GOVERNMENT TO GIVE BIRTH WHILE IN OFFICE.
MCDONALD'S OPENS ITS LARGEST RESTAURANT IN PUSHING SQUARE, MOSCO.
LUTHUANIA DECLARES INDEPENDENCE FROM THE SOVIET UNION.  U.S.
GRAND PRIX IS WON BY BRAZILIAN AYRTON SENNA.   $100 MILLION
WORTH OR ARTWORK IS STOLEN FROM A BOSTON MUSEUM BY MEN DRESSED AS
POLICE.   PAT BRADLY BECOMES FIRST WOMAN GOLFER TO SURPASS $3
MIL IN CAREER EARNINGS AFTER WINNING TURQUOISE CLASSIC IN PHOENIX.
$82.5 MILLION IS THE RECORD PRICE VAN GOGH'S "PORTRAIT OF
DR. GACHET" SOLD FOR AT A NEW YORK AUCTION.   ENTERTAINER
SAMMY DAVIS JR. DIES AT HOME IN LOS ANGELES.   CIVIL RIGHTS LEADER
MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.s BIRTHDAY BECOMES PAID HOLIDAY TO STATE
WORKERS.   MILLS COLLEGE OPENS DOORS TO MALES FOR FIRST TIME.
IMELDA MARCOS IS ACQUITTED OF RACKETEERING, FRAUD AND EMBEZZLEMENT
FROM THE PHILIPPINES.   BASEBALL'S PETE ROSE IS SENTENCED
TO FIVE MONTHS IN JAIL ON FEDERAL TAX EVASION CHARGES.
MORE THAN 150,000 PEOPLE ATTEND A CONCERT IN BERLIN TO
CELEBRATE THE DISMANTLING OF THE BERLIN WALL.
SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA'S LAUNCH WAS DELAYED FOR THIRD TIME
BY LEAKY FUEL LINE.   U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND SOVIET
PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV ARE UNITED IN PERSIAN GULF CRISIS AFTER
SEVEN HOUR SUMMIT.   ATLANTA, GEORGIA IS CHOSEN AS HOST OF
THE 1996 SUMMER OLYMPICS.
CLARK KENT PROPOSES TO LONG TIME SWEETHEART LOIS LANE IN
SUPERMAN COMIC STRIP PUBLISHED BY DC COMICS.   IVANA TRUMP,
WIFE OF REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER DONALD TRUMP, FILES FOR DIVORCE.
ROCKERS MILLI VANILLI IS STRIPPED OF 1989 GRAMMY AWARD WHEN
IT'S DISCOVERED THE GROUP DID NONE OF THE SINGING ON THEIR ALBUM.
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U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE BUSH AND USSR PRESIDENT MIKHAIL GORBACHEV
EXCHANGE NEW YEARS GREETINGS VIA VIDEOTAPE. CANADA: A CONTRO-
VERSIAL 7% GOODS AND SERVICES TAX GOES INTO EFFECT.  IRAQ:
U.S. AND ALLIED FORCES BEGIN OFFENSIVE ON IRAQ AFTER THEY FAIL TO
MEET U.N. DEADLINE FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM KUWAIT.
IRAQ AGREES TO ALLIES TERMS FOR ENDING THE WAR INCLUDING
COMPLETE WITHDRAWAL FROM KUWAIT AND RELEASE OF ALL WAR PRISONERS.
U.S.: SINGER JANET JACKSON SIGNS, REPORTEDLY, MOST LUCRATIVE
MUSIC CONTRACT FOR $40 TO $50 MILLION.  USSR: SOVIET PEOPLE
VOTE TO PRESERVE THE UNION.
NEW YORK: CARNEGIE HALL CELEBRATES IT'S 100TH ANNIVERSARY.
KUWAIT: A 1440 MEMBER U.N. PEACE KEEPING FORCE TAKES CONTROL
OF THE IRAQ-KUWAIT BORDER. FRANCE: AMERICAN FILM "BARTON FINK"
TAKES TOP HONORS AT CANNES FILM FESTIVAL.  U.S.: TONIGHT
SHOW'S JOHNNY CARSON ANNOUNCES HE WILL RETIRE IN ONE YEAR.
U.S.: PRESIDENT BUSH NOMINATES CLARENCE THOMAS TO FILL THE
SUPREME COURT SEAT LEFT OPEN BY JUSTICE MARSHALL'S RETIREMENT.
U.S.: TYCOON DONALD TRUMP AND MARLA MAPLES ANNOUNCE THEIR ENGAGEMENT
IRAQ: LAST OF U.S. AND ALLIED TROOPS WITHDRAW FROM IRAQ.
US: TREAS. DEPT BEGINS PRODUCTION OF ANTI-COUNTERFEIT MONEY.
USSR: SOVIET PARLIAMENT CEDES POWER FROM THE CENTRAL REGIME TO
THE INDIVIDUAL REPUBLICS.   ITALY: A MAN WIELDING A HAMMER
DAMAGES THE TOE OF MICHELANGELO'S DAVID.   U.S.: PARAPLEGIC
RANGER, MARK WELLMAN, REACHES THE TOP OF YOSEMITE'S 2200' HALF DOME.
4000 YR OLD CORPSE FOUND IN GLACIER NEAR AUSTRIO-ITALIAN BORDER
RUSSIA: BORIS YELTSIN IS GRANTED SWEEPING POWERS TO ENACT
REFORMS IN RUSSIA.   U.S.: "SCARLETT," SEQUEL TO GONE WITH THE
WIND, GETS HIGHEST AMOUNT EVER PAID FOR MOVIE RIGHTS TO A BOOK AT
8-10 MILLION.   LEBANON: SHIITE'S FREE 2 MORE HOSTAGES AS
HOPES SOAR FOR A COMPLETE RELEASE.