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Today in history: April 26
feature On this day in 1865, President Lincoln's assassin John Wilkes Booth was killed after a manhunt
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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: The death of a president
feature In 1969, Dwight D. Eisenhower died. He left behind quite a legacy.
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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: September 24
feature In 1869, the stock market plummeted
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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 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: April 12
feature In 1945, America lost its only four-term president
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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: August 16
feature In 1841, an effigy of President Tyler burned
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Today in history: The invention of 'first lady'
feature The term was first used to describe Lucy Hayes
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Today in history: December 12
feature In 2000, George W. Bush was declared President of the United States in a landmark Supreme Court decision
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Today in history: January 17
feature President Eisenhower coined the phrase "military-industrial complex"
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Today in history: America declares war on England
feature Think of it as America's second war of independence
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Today in history: The beginning of the Korean War
feature After the North invaded the South, President Truman acted quickly
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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: November 1
feature In 1800, John Adams moved into the White House
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Today in history: January 28
feature In 1986, the space shuttle Challenger exploded less than two minutes after liftoff
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Today in history: December 19
feature In 1998, the House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton
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Today in history: February 6
feature In 1911, Ronald Reagan was born
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Today in history: JFK is buried... again
feature President John F. Kennedy was buried a second time in 1967 — at a gravesite in Arlington National Cemetery that had to be specially constructed
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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: Nixon's world-changing trip to China
feature In 1972, President Nixon arrived in China for a historic visit. Three years later, on the same date, two of his cabinet members were sentenced to prison for Watergate.
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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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