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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: FDR declares a national emergency
feature And declares once again that "the only thing we have to fear is fear itself"
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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: 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: A president lies
feature And later admits it
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Today in history: The country's first cabinet meeting
feature In Jefferson's words, they clashed like "fighting cocks"
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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: Lincoln's ominous dream
feature Mere days before being murdered, President Lincoln reportedly dreamed of the assassination
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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: Reagan jokes about bombing Russia
feature The move alarmed Soviet leaders
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Today in history: The U.S. boycotts the Moscow Olympics
feature Jimmy Carter ordered the boycott in retaliation for the invasion of Afghanistan
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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: 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 Civil War hero
feature Ulysses S. Grant was also our 18th president
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Today in history: January 6
feature In 1919, one of America's greatest presidents died
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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: 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: December 2
feature In 1823, President James Monroe outlined the Monroe Doctrine
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Today in history: October 23
feature In 1973, President Richard Nixon agreed to turn over nine secret White House recordings to a federal judge
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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: JFK is born
feature Happy birthday, Mr. President
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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: September 10
feature Andrew Jackson started the 'Bank War'
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Today in history: September 6
feature In 1901, President McKinley was shot
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