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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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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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23rd November 1889: The nickel-in-the-slot phonograph – the world’s first jukebox

20th October 1740: Maria Theresa inherits the Austrian throne

19th March 1882: First stone laid for the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

25th December 1914: The Christmas Truce takes place at sections along the Western Front

8th May 1945: Victory in Europe Day after Germany surrenders

7th May 1915: RMS Lusitania sunk by the German U-Boat, U-20

6th May 1937: The Hindenburg airship disaster in New Jersey

5th May 1961: Astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to travel in space on board Freedom 7

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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