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Today in history: The Nazis surrender
feature In 1945, President Truman announced Victory in Europe (V-E) Day
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Today in history: The birth of the bachelor president
feature James Buchanan was the only president who never married
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Today in history: The beginning of the Mexican-American War
feature In 1846, President James Polk approved a controversial declaration of war
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Today in history: Congress approved the title "President"
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Today in history: October 8
feature In 1998, the House of Representatives voted to move ahead with impeachment proceedings against President Clinton
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Today in History: October 15
feature In 1860, Abraham Lincoln decided to grow a beard
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Today in history: October 16
feature President Kennedy was informed that the Soviet Union had placed nuclear missiles in Cuba. It was the beginning of the Cuban Missile Crisis that nearly led to nuclear war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union
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Today in history: October 3
feature In 1965, President Johnson signed a bill abolishing immigration quotas
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Today in history: October 2
feature In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the Supreme Court's first black justice
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Today in history: The federal income tax is born
feature Probably not the happiest day in American history
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Today in history: The Berlin Wall is built
feature President John F. Kennedy said of the Berlin Wall, "A wall is a hell of a lot better than a war"
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Today in history: The birth of Social Security
feature FDR's critics called it socialism
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Today in history: August 16
feature In 1841, an effigy of President Tyler burned
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Today in history: September 9
feature In 1791, the capital of the United States was named after George Washington
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Today in history: September 6
feature In 1901, President McKinley was shot
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Today in history: September 10
feature Andrew Jackson started the 'Bank War'
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Today in history: Lincoln reveals the real goal of the Civil War
feature "If I could save the Union without freeing any slave I would do it, and if I could save it by freeing all slaves I would do it"
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Today in history: September 24
feature In 1869, the stock market plummeted
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Today in history: September 17
feature Today is the 151st anniversary of the bloodiest day in American history
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Today in history: The beginning of the biggest political scandal in U.S. history
feature In 1972, five men were arrested for breaking into the Democratic National Committee headquarters in Washington
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Today in history: The most sweeping domestic legislation in a century
feature Happy birthday, Civil Rights Act
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Today in history: Honoring one of America's greatest presidents
feature In 1922, the Lincoln Memorial was dedicated
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Today in history: The birth of the federal income tax
feature In 1861, President Lincoln signed a new law to help pay for the Civil War
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Today in history: George H.W. Bush was born
feature The 41st president was born in 1924
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