1969
A peace protest of massive proportions
About 250,000 protesters against the Vietnam War, the largest war protest ever, converged peacefully on Washington, DC.
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1763
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon began surveying the Mason-Dixon line.
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1777
The Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, the precursor to the U.S. Constitution.
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1806
Explorer Zebulon Pike spotted the mountaintop now known as Pikes Peak.
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1939
The cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial was laid by President Roosevelt.
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2002
Hu Jintao replaced Jiang Zemin as China's Communist Party leader.
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