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Today in history: The end of American neutrality in WWII
feature In 1941, President Roosevelt signed a bill to send supplies to countries fighting the Axis powers
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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: "In God We Trust" becomes America's official motto
feature The first paper money with that motto was printed in 1957
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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 president lies
feature And later admits it
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Today in history: Reagan jokes about bombing Russia
feature The move alarmed Soviet leaders
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Today in history: Clinton declares a national emergency
feature "Serbs out, peacekeepers in, refugees back"
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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 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: Nixon limits cigarette ads
feature In 1970, the avid pipe smoker supported the legislation at the urging of public health advocates
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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: Jimmy Carter's 'malaise' speech
feature He actually never even said the infamous word
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Today in history: The secret bombing of Cambodia
feature As the Vietnam War raged on, President Nixon decided to surreptitiously bomb a neighboring country
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Today in history: President Kennedy's eerie visit to Arlington National Cemetery
feature Eight months later, he was buried there
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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: November 7
feature In 1876, America suffered a very confusing presidential election
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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: January 29
feature In 2002, President Bush unveiled the phrase "Axis of Evil"
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Today in history: The Mayaguez incident
feature Eighteen U.S. servicemen were killed
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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: February 7
feature In 1963, President John F. Kennedy banned travel, financial, and commercial transactions with Communist Cuba
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Today in history: February 4
feature In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected to be the first president
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Today in history: Nixon goes to Moscow
feature He was the first sitting president to visit the Soviet capital
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Today in history: The 'XYZ Affair'
feature In 1797, President John Adams dished details about a dispute with France that nearly led to war with Napoleon
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