(1513) Searching for gold, Spanish explorer finds saltwater instead
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Tipped off to the reputed vast riches to be found near “the other sea,” Spanish explorer Vasco Núñez de Balboa and his company journey over the Isthmus of Panama and become the first Europeans to spy what they call the “South Sea” and what will later be named the Pacific Ocean.. |
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(1789) Amendments aim to form a more perfect union
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The US Congress passes 12 amendments to the nation’s constitution, ensuring protections for individual liberties, including the freedom of speech and the press, the right to assembly, and the right to exercise religion. Ten of the amendments, comprising the Bill of Rights, will be ratified by the states.. |
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(1957) It takes an army to integrate an Arkansas school
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Battling racial prejudice in an almost literal way, the US Army’s 101st Airborne Division escorts nine African American students into classes at Little Rock, Arkansas’ Central High School. President Eisenhower called out the troops after the governor blocked court-mandated integration.. |
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(1983) Massive prison break in Northern Ireland
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Thirty-eight armed prisoners bolt from Northern Ireland’s infamous, and supposedly “escape-proof,” Maze Prison in the biggest jailbreak in Britain’s history. Primarily housing IRA members, the Irish rebels will dub the large breakout the ‘Great Escape’ and consider it a victory for their cause.. |
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