Important dates in U.S. History

Given the date, type what happened

Dates in historical order, not historical importance

If date involves a person, just type the person

You only need the major word in the historical event

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Date	What Happened
April 19, 1775	Revolutionary War Begins
July 4, 1776	Declaration of Independence
September 3, 1783	Revolutionary War Ends / Treaty of Paris
September 17, 1787	Constitutiton Signed
May 28, 1830	Indian Removal Act / Trail of Tears
April 12, 1861	Civil War begins
July 1-3, 1863	Battle of Gettysburg
April 14, 1865	President Abraham Lincoln assassinated
December 6, 1865	13th Amendment (Slavery Ends)
October 8-10, 1871	Great Chicago Fire
July 2, 1881	President James Garfield Assassinated
September 6, 1901	President William Mckinley Assassinated
November 11, 1918	World War 1 ends
January 16, 1919	Prohibition (of alcohol) Begins (18th Amendment)
August 18, 1920	19th Amendment (Women get right to vote)
October 28-29, 1929	Great Depression begins
December 7, 1941	Pearl Harbor attacked

Date	What Happened
February 19, 1942	Japanese Internment
June 6, 1944	D-Day
August 6, 1945	Hiroshima
December 1, 1955	Rosa Parks arrested
November 22, 1963	John F. Kennedy assassinated
February 9, 1964	Beatles on TV
July 2, 1964	Civil Rights Act
July 21, 1969	Man walks on moon
August 9, 1974	President Nixon resigns
December 8, 1980	John Lennon murdered
January 28, 1986	Challenger explodes
October 19, 1987	Stock Market Crash
April 19, 1994	Oklahoma City bombing
April 20, 1999	Columbine shooting
September 11, 2001	9/11 terrorist attacks
August 29, 2005	Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans

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