#e <t>plague<d>1793 Aug<e>1793 Nov<n>Yellow Fever<c>Philadelphia<info>The Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793<ref>Sci Am 98 Aug
// 19th century
#p <nat>American<o>author<n>Mark Twain<aka>Samuel Langhorne Clemens<b>1835 Nov 30<d>1910 Apr 21<c>Missouri
#p <nat>American<o>general<n>Douglas Mac Arthur<sur>Mac Arthur<b>1880<d>1964
#p <nat>American<n>Eleanor Roosevelt<sur>E. Roosevelt<fem><b>1884 Oct 11<d>1962 Nov 7
#p <nat>American<o>pilot<n>Amelia Earhart<b>1898 July 24<d>1937 Jul<c>Kansas
<info>Earhart was the first woman to make a solo flight over the Atlantic Ocean, flying from Newfoundland to Ireland in 1932. In July 1937, she attempted the first round-the-world flight via the equator with navigator Frederick J. Noonan. Her plane mysteriously disappeared after takeoff from New Guinea.
#e <t>pub<n>The Prince and the Pauper<d>1882<c>U.S.<au>Mark Twain
#e <t>pub<n>Adventures of Huckleberry Finn<d>1884<c>U.S.<au>Mark Twain
#e <t>sculpture<tit>Statue of Liberty unveiled<d>1886 Oct 26<c>New York City<info>The poet who wrote the inscription at its base, Emma Lazarus, died the next year on November 19
// 20th century
#p <nat>American<o>leader<n>Martin Luther King Jr.<sur>King Jr.<b>1929 Jan 15<d>1968
#e <t>financial<d>1929 Oct 29<n>Black Tuesday<c>New York<info>stock market crash
#e <t>pub<n>Curious George<c>New York City<d>1941<info>by H.A. & Margret Rey
#e <t>business<d>1955<n>McDonald's opens<c>Illinois<info>The first McDonald's restaurant was opened in Des Plaines, Illinois.
#e <t>speech<n>"I have a dream..."<au>King Jr.<d>1963<c>Washington D.C.
#e <t>assassination<n>King Jr. assassinated<c>Memphis, TN<d>1968
#e <d>1997 Nov 19<c>Des Moines<n>McCaughey septuplets born
#e <t>bombing<d>1998 Aug 7<n>U.S. embassy in Kenya bombed<c>Nairobi
#e <t>bombing<d>1998 Aug 7<n>U.S. embassy in Tanzania bombed<c>Dar es Salaam
#e <t>bombardment<d>1998 Aug 20<n>U.S. bombs terrorist base<c>Afghanistan
#e <t>bombardment<d>1998 Aug 20<n>U.S. bombs suspected weapons plant<c>Sudan
#e <t>bombing<d>1998 Dec 16<e>1998 Dec 19<n>Iraq bombarded<c>Iraq<info>Following he U.S. bombards Iraq with Tomahawk cruise missiles. The U.K. joins in on nightly bombing on the 17th. The bombardment ends the night before the month of Ramadan begins.
#e <t><d>1998 Dec 19<n>Clinton impeached<c>Washington D.C.
// Southeast Asia
#e <t>battle<d>1964 Aug 2<n>U.S. destroyers attacked<info>by North Vietnamese patrol boats<c>Gulf of Tonkin
#e <t>battle<d>1968 Jan 30<n>Tet offensive<info>launched by North Vietnam<c>South Vietnam
#e <t>surrender<d>1975 Apr 24<n>South Vietnam surrenders<info>to North Vietnam<c>South Vietnam
#e <t>battle<d>1979 Feb 17<n>Chinese invade Vietnam<info>between 200,000 and 300,000 troops<c>Vietnam
// Battles
#e <t>bombing<d>1983 Oct 23<n>Car bomb destroys U.S. Marine barracks<c>Beruit
#e <t>battle<d>1983 Oct 25<n>U.S. forces invade Grenada<c>Grenada
#e <t>war<n>War of Independence<d>1775<e>1783<c>U.S.
#e <t>war<n>U.S. Civil War<d>1861<e>1865<c>U.S.
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#e <t><d>1763<n>Treaty of Paris<info>France cedes her Canadian colonies, and most of the Louisiana Territory, to Britain
#e <t><n>The Second Treaty of Paris<d>1783 Sep 3
#e <t><d>1867<n>U.S. purchases Alaska from Russia<c>Alaska<info>for $7,200,000
#e <t>fire<n>Hindenburg<d>1937 May 6<c>Lakehurst, New Jersey