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  This Day in History: May 22, 1843

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  May 22, 1843 – Known as the “Great Emigration,” a massive wagon train made up of 1,000 settlers and 1,000 head of cattle, set off down the Oregon Trail from Independence, Missouri. Westward vision: the story of the Oregon Trail F880 .L39   Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 21, 1881

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  May 21, 1881 – American National Red Cross founded. A story of the Red Cross; glimpses of field work by Clara Barton HV577 .B3  Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 20, 1956

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  May 20, 1956 – The United States conducts the first airborne test of an improved hydrogen bomb over the island of Namu in the Bikini Atoll  in the Pacific Ocean. The hell bomb 623.45 L373  Dewey Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 19, 1749

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  May 19, 1749 – King George II of England grants the Ohio Company a charter of several hundred thousand acres of land around the forks of the Ohio River. George Mercer of the Ohio Company : a study in frustration F229.M5 J3   Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 18, 1980

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  May 18, 1980 – Mount St. Helens erupts 30 Cool facts about Mount St. Helens : commemorating the 30th anniversary of the 1980 eruptions of Mount St. Helens, come and explore I 19.174:103 Connect to http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo19159

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  This Day in History: May 17, 1954

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  May 17, 1954 – In a major civil rights victory, the U.S. Supreme Court hands down an unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling that racial segregation in public educational facilities is unconstitutional. Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site, Topeka, Kansas : cultural landscape guidelines I 29.2:Br81  online Connect [...]

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  This Day in History: May 14, 1897

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  May 14, 1897  – “Stars and Stripes Forever” by John Phillip Sousa is performed for the first time in Philadelphia. Perspectives on John Philip Sousa LC 12.2:So8/2 Federal Documents

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  This Day in History: May 13, 1607

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  May 13, 1607 – Jamestown the first permanent English settlement in North America is founded. Pocahontas and her world; a chronicle of America’s first settlement in which is related the story of the Indians and the Englishmen, particularly Captain John Smith, Captain Samuel Argall, and Master John Rolfe F234.J3 B38  Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 12, 1935

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  May 12, 1935 – Alcoholics Anonymous is founded in Akron, Ohio by “Bill W.,” a stockbroker, and “Dr. Bob S.,” a heart surgeon. A.A. : the story HV5278.K84 1988x   Stacks

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  This Day in History: May 10, 1869 – At Promontory, Utah, California Governor Leland Stanford…

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  May 10, 1869 - At Promontory, Utah, California Governor Leland Stanford pounds in a ceremonial golden spike that completes the nation’s first transcontinental railway. Nothing like it in the world : the men who built the transcontinental railroad, 1863-1869 Connect to title online   Ohio eBook Project

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