Milestones: May 9, 2024

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VICTORY DAY — RUSSIA AND MANY OF THE FORMER SOVIET REPUBLICS celebrate Victory...

Milestones: May 8, 2024

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DE SOTO REACHES THE MISSISSIPI — THE 16TH-CENTURY SPANISH CONQUISTADOR AND ADVENTURER...

Milestones: May 7, 2024

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GERMANY SURRENDERS — THE GERMAN HIGH COMMAND, IN THE PERSON OF GENERAL ALFRED...

Milestones: May 6, 2024

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NATIONAL RELIEF PROGRAM — THE WORKS PROGRESS ADMINISTRATION (WPA) came into being on...

Milestones: May 3, 2024

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KEENLY UNDERSTOOD WORLDLY WAYS — ITALIAN PHILOSOPHER AND WRITER NICCOLO MACHIAVELLI was born...

Milestones: May 2, 2024

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GERMANY SURRENDERS — ALMOST A MILLION GERMAN SOLDIERS ON MAY 2, 1945 laid...

Milestones: May 1, 2024

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FRONTIER INTO SPACE — THE GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER, which marks its 65th...

Milestones: April 30, 2024

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A CHUNK OF LAND — NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE LOUISIANA PURCHASE completed on April...

Milestones: April 29, 2024

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NATION’S FIRST HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) — LINCOLN UNIVERSITY in...