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19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

19th November 2017
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On the 19^th November 1863, US President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the Soldiers’ National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.

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6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

6th November 2017
Tagged as: Abraham Lincoln, America, American Civil War, Democracy, Election, Lincoln, President, Slavery, USA

Abraham Lincoln was elected barely five months before the outbreak of the American Civil War, and was assassinated less than a month before its end.

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19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

6th November 1860: Abraham Lincoln elected as the 16th President of the USA

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30th November 1786: Tuscany becomes the first modern state to abolish the death penalty

11th April 1950: Stone of Scone rediscovered 4 months after its disappearance

12th November 1927: Leon Trotsky expelled from the Communist Party of the USSR

29th September 1829: The Metropolitan Police begins operating in London

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

19th July 1799: Discovery of the Rosetta Stone reported in Egypt

18th July 1976: Nadia Comăneci scores the first ever Olympic gymnastic ‘perfect 10’

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

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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