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declaration of independence
The Declaration of Independence is the statement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies,[2] then at war with Great Britain, regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. Instead they formed a new nation—the United States of America. John Adams was a leader in pushing for independence, which was unanimously approved on July 2. -
mexican-american war
The Mexican–American War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.–Mexican War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States and the Centralist Republic of Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory, despite the 1836 Texas Revolution. It was the fourth of the five major wars fought on American soil which was preceded by the Seven Years' War. -
Emancipation proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation was a presidential proclamation issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. In a single stroke it changed the legal status, as recognized by the United States federal government, of 3 million slaves in the designated areas of the South from "slave" to "free." It had the practical effect that as soon as a slave escaped the control of the Confederate government, by running away or through advances of federal troops, the slave became legally free -
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln was the first American president to be assassinated.[2] An unsuccessful attempt had been made on Andrew Jackson 30 years before in 1835.
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world war 1
The United States remained neutral at the outbreak of World War I in 1914, though by 1917, it joined the Allies, helping to turn the tide against the Central Powers. -
Black Tuesday
day that began falling on the New York Stock Exchange and with it the Great Crash and the Great Depression 29 . The collapse of the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday Black was a real panic situation that caused the subsequent banking crisis in the United States. -
attack on pearl harbor
The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, in the United States Territory of Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan). The attack led to the United States' entry into World War II. -
Atomic bomb
. The atomic bomb was developed by the United States during World War thanks to the Manhattan Project, and is the only country to have made use of it in action (in 1945 against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki). -
assassination of John F Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time (18:30 UTC) on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas.Kennedy was fatally shot by Lee Harvey Oswald -
apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. -
first humans to set foot on lunar soil
Neil Alden Armstrong was an American astronaut and first man on the moon. It was also an aerospace engineer, military pilot, test pilot and university professor. Before becoming an astronaut, Armstrong was an officer in the United States Navy and served in the Korean War. -
Space Shuttle Challenger
Space Shuttle Challenger (NASA Orbiter Vehicle Designation: OV-099) was the second orbiter of NASA's space shuttle program to be put into service following Columbia. The shuttle was built by Rockwell International's Space Transportation Systems Division in Downey, California. Its maiden flight, STS-6, started on April 4, 1983. It launched and landed nine times before breaking apart 73 seconds into its tenth mission, STS-51-L, on January 28, 1986, resulting in the death of all seven crew members. -
attack on the twin towers
The September 11 attacks (also referred to as September 11, September 11th, or 9/11) were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11, 2001. The attacks consisted of suicide attacks used to target symbolic U.S. landmarks. -
First black president
Barack Obama , is the forty -fourth President of the United States.4 It was senator from Illinois from January 3, 2005 until his resignation on 16 November 2008.5 Moreover, it is the fifth African American legislator in the Senate the United States , third from the reconstruction era . It was also the first black presidential nominee for the Democratic Party and is the first to hold the office chair -
Restore diplomatic relations with Cuba
Barack Obama from Washington ( USA) and Raul Castro from Havana ( Cuba ) announce to the world that after a telephone conversation between the two leaders yesterday , decided to restore diplomatic relations after 53 years of Cold War between the two countries . Since 1961, the US blockade has been futile and only served to cause pain and stifle the Cuban citizen , and the Castro regime to justify political control. The agreement has been covered by Pope Francisco.
