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Today in history: The Lisbon Protocol
feature To assure nuclear reduction, the United States and Russia pressured former Soviet republics to destroy weapons or transfer them to Russian control
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Today in history: JFK's "Ich bin ein Berliner" speech
feature In 1963, President Kennedy delivered one of the most famous addresses of his presidency
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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 Battle of Gettysburg rages on
feature In 1863, the final day of the Civil War's most pivotal battle
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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: 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: A general's insubordination
feature In 1951, President Truman fired a popular general for his comments about the Korean War
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Today in history: April 12
feature In 1945, America lost its only four-term president
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Today in history: JFK's worst foreign policy blunder
feature The Bay of Pigs was not Kennedy's finest moment
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Today in history: April 19
feature Hours after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, President Clinton called it "an act of cowardice"
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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: Lincoln's ominous dream
feature Mere days before being murdered, President Lincoln reportedly dreamed of the assassination
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Today in history: July 12
feature In 1957, Dwight Eisenhower became the first U.S. president to ride in a helicopter
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Today in history: Jimmy Carter's 'malaise' speech
feature He actually never even said the infamous word
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Today in history: The death of a Civil War hero
feature Ulysses S. Grant was also our 18th president
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Today in history: The death of 'Blue Whiskey Van'
feature Martin Van Buren was America's eighth president
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Today in history: The president dies after just 16 months in office
feature Zachary Taylor's cause of death was never determined
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Today in history: America gets its 6th president in 9 years
feature In 1850, Millard Fillmore was sworn in
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Today in history: The president moves to Washington, D.C.
feature John Adams was the first president to live in the nation's new capital
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Today in history: May 31
feature In 1988, President Reagan gave a speech to Soviet students about freedom
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Today in history: The death of a great president
feature In 2004, the Republican Party lost one of its most revered figures
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Today in history: September 6
feature In 1901, President McKinley was shot
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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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