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18
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Michael Jordan
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The hurricane that hit Palm Beach County Florida, on September 16, 1928, has been identified as the third largest death total, caused by a natural disastor, in the United States.
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16
1928
United States population: 293,200,000
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2
1970
Pulitzer Prize and Spingarn Medal given
Charles Gordone awarded Pulitzer Prize for his play, No Place To Go. Painter Jacob Lawrence awarded Spingarn Medal in tribute to the compelling power of his work which has opened to the world...a window on the Negros condition in the United States and in salute to his unswerving commitment to the
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26
1970
Renowned attorney Sadie Tanner Mossell Alexander dies in Philadelphia
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6
1989
Hannibal begins his march into Italy
Hannibal leaves Spain and crosses the Pyrenees and Rhone rivers. With him are 80,000 men of all races, 12,000 horses and 40 elephants. Hannibal and his army manage to cross the Alps in 15 days. He dominates Roman armies along the way.
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William H. Lewis
William H. Lewis appointed assistant attorney general of the United States.
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26
1910
Marie Laveau, the "Queen of the Voodoos,"
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1868
Congress cracks down on civil rights for blacks
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25
1868
Fuller, Margaret
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1833
Saint Francis Xavier Church
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10
1863
Michelle Obama
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General William T. Sherman's Special Field Order No. 15 (1865)
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16
1865
Black Paul Revere
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Bessie Coleman
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Charles Wesley
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Chuck Berry
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Colin Powell
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Malcolm X
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