This Day in History Class

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Constantine the Great united the Roman Empire / First chiropractic adjustment - September 18 Sep 18, 2020

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Constantine the Great united the Roman Empire on this day in 324. / On this day in 1895, Daniel David Palmer performed what's considered the first chiropractic adjustment.

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Camp David Accords / Frida Kahlo's bus accident - September 17 Sep 17, 2020

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The Camp David Accords were signed on this day in 1978. / On this day in 1925, Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was seriously injured in a bus accident that altered the course of her life.

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Grito de Dolores / East German balloon escape - September 16 Sep 16, 2020

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The Grito de Dolores launched the Mexican War of Independence on this day in 1810. / On this day in 1979, the Strelzyk and Wetzel families escaped from East Germany to West Germany in a homemade hot air balloon.

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Crash at Crush / 16th Street Baptist Church Bombing - September 15 Sep 15, 2020

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The Crash at Crush took place on this day in 1896. / On this day in 1963, the 16th Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama, was bombed in an act of terrorism by white supremacists.

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Death of U.S. President William McKinley / Constance Baker Motley born - September 14 Sep 14, 2020

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U.S. President William McKinley died on this day in 1901, having been shot by an assassin on September 6. / On this day in 1921, Constance Baker Motley, the first Black woman to be named a federal court judge, was born.

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Phineas Gage Struck with a Tamping Iron / Great fire of Smyrna started - September 13 Sep 13, 2020

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Phineas Gage was struck through the skull with a tamping iron on this day in 1848. / On this day in 1922, a fire in Smyrna in Asia Minor -- present-day İzmir, Turkey -- began blazing through the city.

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Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Elope / Haile Selassie deposed - September 12 Sep 12, 2020

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Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett eloped on this day in 1846. / Ethiopian emperor Haile Selassie was deposed by military coup on this day in 1974.

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Vivekananda's Speech on Hinduism / Hope Diamond stolen - September 11 Sep 11, 2020

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Vivekananda gave a speech on Hinduism in Chicago on this day in 1893. / On this day in 1792, the Hope Diamond was stolen in the chaos of the French Revolution.

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DNA Fingerprinting Discovered / Abebe Bikila became first Black African Olympic gold medalist - September 10 Sep 10, 2020

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DNA fingerprinting was discovered on this day in 1984. / On this day in 1960, Ethiopian marathon runner Abebe Bikila set a world record for the marathon at the Olympics in Rome.

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Attica Prison Uprising Began / Hanapepe Massacre - September 9 Sep 09, 2020

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The Attica Prison Uprising began on this day in 1971. / On this day in 1924, a strike organized by Filipino sugar plantation workers turned into a massacre of Filipinos by local police.

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