1948
Court kicks church out of school
The Supreme Court ruled that religious instruction in public schools violated the Constitution.
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1782
A peaceful settlement of Delaware Indians were massacred by militia at Gnadenhutten in Ohio.
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1917
Russia's February Revolution, which eventually led to the overthrow the csarist government, began.
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1945
Phyllis Mae Daley, the first African-American nurse to serve in World War II, received her U.S. Navy commission.
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1950
The Soviet Union claimed to be in possession of the atomic bomb.
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1965
First U.S. combat troops arrived in Vietnam.
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1983
President Reagan called the USSR an "Evil Empire."
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1999
Baseball Hall of Famer Joe DiMaggio died.
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