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19th November 1863: Lincoln delivers Gettysburg Address

19th November 2019
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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 2019
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 April 1963: The Bristol Bus Boycott against discriminatory recruitment begins

12th May 1846: The Donner Party begin their ill-fated journey to California

1st April 1938: Francisco Franco announces the end of the Spanish Civil War

26th October 1881: The gunfight at the O.K. Corral involving Wyatt Earp

3rd June 1956: Rock and Roll music banned in the Californian city of Santa Cruz

2nd June 1946: Italians vote to turn their country into a republic

1st June 1495: First written reference to Scotch whisky (distilled at @LindoresAbbey)

31st May 1669: Samuel Pepys writes the last entry in his diary

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

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

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