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Date
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Year
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Clue
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Answer
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Jan 1
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1863
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President Lincoln signs this proclamation that granted freedom to slaves in the southern states
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Emancipation Proclamation
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Jan 2
|
1974
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President Nixon signs the Emergency Highway Conservation Act into effect in order to conserve gasoline during an OPEC embargo, lowering the speed limit to this (mph)
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55 mph
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Jan 3
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1961
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The United States severs diplomatic relations with this country
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Cuba
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Jan 4
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2007
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Congress elects this democrat from California as the first female Speaker of the House
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Nancy Pelosi
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Jan 5
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1781
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This city is burned by British naval forces led by Benedict Arnold during the American Revolutionary War
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Richmond
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Jan 6
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2021
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Angered Americans protest at the Capitol (and some storm it) in demand that this vice president overturn the election of Joe Biden in favor of Donald Trump due to alleged election fraud
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Mike Pence
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Jan 7
|
1980
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President Carter authorizes legislation giving $1.5 billion in loans to bail out this corporation
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Chrysler
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Jan 8
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1973
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The trial for this infamous scandal accusing seven men of illegal entry into Democratic Party headquarters begins
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Watergate
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Jan 9
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1861
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This state becomes the second one to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the Civil War
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Mississippi
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Jan 10
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1870
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Standard Oil is incorporated by this oil tycoon
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John D. Rockefeller
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Jan 11
|
1949
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Snow falls for the first (recorded) time in this major city
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Los Angeles
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Jan 12
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1971
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The Harrisburg Seven are indicted on charges of conspiring to blow up the heating tunnels of federal buildings in Washington, D.C. and plotting to kidnap this National Security Advisor
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Henry Kissinger
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Jan 13
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1847
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The Treaty of Cahuenga ends this war in California
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Mexican-American War
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Jan 14
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1784
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Congress ratifies this treaty with Great Britain, making Ratification Day
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Treaty of Paris
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Jan 15
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1919
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A massive tank of this bursts in Boston, causing a wave of it to rush through the streets, killing 21 and injuring 150
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Molasses
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Jan 16
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1919
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Prohibition is ratified to ban the production, importation, transportation, and sale of these
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Alcoholic beverages
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Jan 17
|
1998
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Matt Drudge breaks the news of this scandal on his website, The Drudge Report
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Lewinsky scandal
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Jan 18
|
1993
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This federal holiday is officially observed for the first time in all 50 states
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
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Jan 19
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1920
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The Senate votes against joining this worldwide intergovernmental organization
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League of Nations
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Jan 20
|
1937
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This president becomes the first to be sworn into office on January 20
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Jan 21
|
1977
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President Carter pardons almost all draft evaders of this war
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Vietnam War
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Jan 22
|
1973
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The Supreme Court legalizes abortion in this historical case
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Roe v. Wade
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Jan 23
|
1965
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The 24th Amendment is ratified, banning this that was used by many southern states
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Poll tax
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Jan 24
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1848
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This historical frenzy begins in California
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California Gold Rush
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Jan 25
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1971
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This cult leader and his followers are convicted of murder
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Charles Manson
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Jan 26
|
1837
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This state is admitted as the 26th state
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Michigan
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Jan 27
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1967
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Along with the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union, the United States signs this treaty, banning the deployment of nuclear weapons in outer space and limiting the use of the Moon to peaceful purposes
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Outer Space Treaty
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Jan 28
|
1915
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This service branch is founded upon an act of Congress
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Coast Guard
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Jan 29
|
1861
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This state is admitted as the 34th state
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Kansas
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Jan 30
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1835
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In the first assassination attempt of a U.S. President, Richard Lawrence fails to kill this president
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Andrew Jackson
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Jan 31
|
1865
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The 13th Amendment is passed, abolishing this practice
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Slavery
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