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28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson

28th May 2021
Tagged as: America, Andrew Jackson, Indians, Native Americans, United States, USA

While some tribes signed agreements with the American government, tens of thousands of Native Americans were forcibly resettled by the military.

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30th January 1835: Andrew Jackson survives the first assassination attempt of a sitting US President

30th January 2021
Tagged as: America, Andrew Jackson, Assassination, Capitol, President, United States, USA, Washington DC

Would-be assassin Richard Lawrence was found ‘not guilty by reason of insanity’ and was committed to an asylum.

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27th December 1845: Manifest Destiny introduced in a newspaper column by John L. O’Sullivan

27th December 2020
Tagged as: Ameria, American West, Andrew Jackson, Expansion, Manifest Destiny, Oregon, Texas, United States, USA

Manifest Destiny was a belief that the United States had a divinely-inspired right to expand across North America, and that this expansion was inevitable.

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28th May 1830: The Indian Removal Act signed into law by President Andrew Jackson

30th January 1835: Andrew Jackson survives the first assassination attempt of a sitting US President

27th December 1845: Manifest Destiny introduced in a newspaper column by John L. O’Sullivan

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3rd February 1961: Operation Looking Glass begins its 29-year Cold War flight above the USA

10th October 1957: Eisenhower apologises to Ghanaian minister for racism in Delaware restaurant

7th November 1492: Oldest meteorite with a known date of impact

26th August 1789: Adoption of the Declaration of the Rights of Man in France

23rd July 1914: Austria-Hungary presents ultimatum to Serbia ahead of the First World War

22nd July 1706: Terms of the Acts of Union 1707 agreed by commissioners from England and Scotland

21st July 1970: Construction of the Aswan High Dam in Egypt is completed

20th July 1807: The world’s first internal combustion engine is patented in France

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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