October 2011

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  10.30.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 30, 1941 – FDR approves Lend-Lease aid to USSR Aid to Russia, 1941-1946; strategy, diplomacy, and the origins of the cold war 338.914 H435A  Stacks

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  10.29.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 29, 1929 – Black Tuesday  the Stock Market crashes 1929 : the year of the great crash HB3717 1929 .K59 1989  Stacks

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  10.28.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 28, 1886 – President Gover Cleveland dedicates the Statute of Liberty In search of liberty ; the story of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island F128.64.L6 B45 1984  Stacks

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  10.27.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 27, 1873 – Joseph Glidden applies for a patent on his barbed wire design The wire that fenced the west 671.84 M1244  Stacks

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  10.26.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 26, 1825 – Erie Canal opens A new map and profile of the proposed canal from Lake Erie to Hudson River in the state of New York G3802.E44 1821 .N4  Rare Books super oversized

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  10.25.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 25, 1983 – United States invades Grenada Operation Urgent Fury : the planning and execution of joint operations in Grenada, 12 October-2 November 1983 D 5.2:Op 2/3  Federal Documents online at http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS48961

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  10.24.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 24, 1931 – George Washington Bridge dedicated Big bridge 624 H719b   Dewey stacks

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  10.23.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  October 23, 1983 – U.S. Embassy in Beirut hit by car bomb The U.S. embassy bombing in Beirut : hearing before the Committee on Foreign Affairs…. Y 4.F76/1:Un 35/39  Federal Documents microfiche

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  10.22.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Oct 22, 1962-  Cuban Missile crisis Cordon of steel : the U.S. Navy and the Cuban missile crisis D 221.16:1  Federal Documents

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  10.20.11 | Permalink | Comment?

  Oct 20, 1803 – Senate ratifies the Louisiana Purchase Jefferson’s great gamble : the remarkable story of Jefferson, Napoleon and the men behind the Louisianan Purchase E333 .C465 2003   Stacks

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