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- Clarify events which happened in the USA.

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- Note that the USA has no King.
- Unify spelling "US", not "U.S.".
- Remove USSR holiday (anniversary of the revolution).
- Don't remove claim that the Federal Republic of Germany was founded
  in 1953 (22 September).  Somebody should clarify if something
  reallly did happen on that day.
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03/15 France assumes protectorate over Vietnam, 1874
03/15 Watts, Los Angeles, riots kill two, injure 25, 1966
03/16 First liquid-fuel-powered rocket flight, 1926
03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by U.S. infantrymen
03/16 MyLai Massacre; 300 non-combatant villagers killed by US infantrymen
03/16 Robert Goddard launches first liquid-fueled rocket, Auburn MA, 1926
03/17 Vanguard I launched, 1958. Earth proved pear-shaped
03/18 Aleksei Leonov performs first spacewalk, 1965
@ -236,7 +236,7 @@
07/24 Scopes Monkey Trial, 1925
07/24 The ring comes to Bilbo (LOTR)
07/26 Bilbo rescued from Wargs by Eagles (LOTR)
07/30 "In God We Trust" made U.S. motto, 1956
07/30 "In God We Trust" made US motto, 1956
07/31 Harry S. Truman dedicates N.Y. Int'l Airport @ Idlewild Field, 1948,
later JFK
08/01 Lughnasa; Feast of the god Lugh, a 30 day Celtic feast centers on
@ -263,10 +263,10 @@
08/11 France Ends War in Indochina, 1954
08/11 Perseid meteor shower (look north; three days)
08/12 First test flight of Space Shuttle "Enterprise" from 747, 1977
08/12 Last U.S. ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
08/12 Last US ground troops out of Vietnam, 1972
08/13 Berlin wall erected, 1961
08/13 Li'l Abner debut, 1934
08/14 Social Security begins in U.S., 1935
08/14 Social Security begins in US, 1935
08/15 Gandhi's movement obtains independence for Pakistan and India, 1947
08/15 Hurricane hits Plymouth Plantation, 1635
08/16 Roller Coaster patented, 1898
@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
08/26 19th amendment of US constitution gives women the vote, 1920
08/27 "Tarzan of the Apes" published, 1912
08/27 Krakatoa, Java explodes with a force of 1,300 megatons, 1883
08/28 King leads over 200K in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
08/28 Martin Luther King leads over 200,000 in civil rights rally in Washington, DC, 1963
08/29 Star in Cygnus goes nova and becomes 4th brightest in sky, 1975;
Nova Cygni 1975.
08/29 Saruman enters the Shire (LOTR)
@ -301,52 +301,52 @@
09/01 Joshua A. Norton proclaims himself 'Emperor Norton I', 1859
09/02 Great Britain adopts Gregorian Calendar, 1752
09/02 Japan signs unconditional surrender on US battleship `Missouri', 1945
09/03 The Lionheart crowned, 1189
09/03 King Richard ``the Lionheart'' of Aquitaine and England crowned, 1189
09/03 Anniversary of the Founding of the Republic in San Marino
09/05 Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
09/05 US President Kennedy orders resumption of underground nuclear tests, 1961
09/05 The first Continental Congress was convened in Philadelphia, 1774
09/06 149 Pilgrims set forth from England aboard the Mayflower, 1620
09/06 First Star Trek episode (The Man Trap) aired 1966
09/06 Pres. McKinley shot, 1901
09/06 US President McKinley shot, 1901
09/06 Somhlolo in Swaziland
09/08 "Star Trek" debuts on NBC (1966)
09/08 Jack the Ripper kills again, Annie Chapman is second victim, 1888
09/08 President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
09/09 California becomes the 31st state, 1850
09/08 US President Ford pardons Richard M. Nixon, 1974
09/09 California becomes the 31st state of the USA, 1850
09/09 United Colonies is renamed the United States, 1776
09/10 Gandalf escapes from Orthanc (LOTR)
09/10 Mountain Meadows Massacre. Mormons kill Gentile wagon train, 1857
09/12 German paratroopers rescue Mussolini from captivity in Rome, 1943
09/12 Germany annexes Sudetenland, 1938
09/13 136.4 F at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
09/13 58° C (136.4° F) measured at el Azizia, Libya, 1922
09/13 British defeat the French at Abraham near Quebec City, 1788
09/13 Building of Hadrian's Wall begun, 122
09/13 Chiang Kai-Shek becomes president of China, 1943
09/14 Benjamin Franklin is sent to France as an American minister, 1778
09/14 Frodo & Bilbo's birthday (LOTR)
09/14 Salem, Massachusetts, is founded, 1629
09/14 The Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
09/14 The US Selective Service Act establishes the first peacetime draft, 1940
09/15 Black riders enter the Shire (LOTR)
09/15 Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev begins his 13 day tour of the US, 1959
09/15 The U.S. Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the U.S. State Department, 1789
09/15 The US Foreign Affairs Dept. becomes the US State Department, 1789
09/16 The village of Shawmut, Massachusetts, becomes the city of Boston, 1630
09/17 Battle of Antietam, 1862
09/18 Frodo and company rescued by Bombadil (LOTR)
09/18 Victory of Uprona in Burundi
09/19 New Zealand women get the right to vote, 1893
09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for President, 1884
09/20 Equal Rights Party nominates Belva Lockwood for US President, 1884
09/20 First meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of
Science, 1848
09/20 First meeting of the National Research Council, 1916
09/20 First meeting of the US National Research Council, 1916
09/20 Magellan leaves Spain on the first Round the World passage, 1519
09/20 The Roxy Theater opens in Hollywood, 1973
09/22 Allied forces form the independent nation West Germany, 1953
09/22 President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas President Nixon, 1974
09/22 US President Lincoln issues the Emancipation Proclamation, 1862
09/22 Special prosecutor Leon Jeworski subpoenas US President Nixon, 1974
09/22 The first Soviet atomic bomb explodes, 1949
09/23 Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos declares martial law, 1972
09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first U.S. Baseball club, 1845
09/23 V.P. Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
09/23 The New York Knickerbockers becomes the first US Baseball club, 1845
09/23 US Vice President Nixon denies campaign fund fraud with his "Checkers" speech, 1952
09/25 Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on US Supreme Court, 1981
09/27 The first passenger was hauled in a locomotive in England, 1825
09/28 "Pilgrim's Progress" published, 1678
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10/04 First space vehicle, Sputnik I, launched, 1957
10/05 Frodo crosses bridge of Mitheithel
10/06 Antioch College is the first public school to admit men and women, 1853
10/06 Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
10/06 Egyptian President Anwar es-Sadat is assassinated in Cairo, 1981
10/06 Israel is attacked by the alliance of Egypt and Syria, 1973
10/07 Foundation of the German Democratic Republic (GDR or DDR), 1949
10/07 Georgia Tech. beats Cumberland Univ. 222-0, 1916
@ -386,13 +386,13 @@
10/12 Man O'War's last race, 1920
10/12 Native Americans discover Columbus of Europe lost on their shores, 1492
10/13 Italy declares war on Germany, 1943
10/13 U.S. Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress
10/13 US Navy born, 1775, authorized by the Second Continental Congress
10/14 Battle of Hastings won by William the Conqueror and the Normans, 1066
10/14 Chuck Yeager breaks sound barrier, 1947
10/15 First draft card burned, 1965
10/16 Boromir reaches Rivendell (LOTR)
10/17 Council of Elrond (LOTR)
10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first U.S. labor org., 1648
10/18 Boston Shoemakers form first US labor org., 1648
10/18 Soviets announce their probe took photos of the Moon's far side, 1959
10/19 Mao Tse-tung establishes the People's Republic of China, 1949
10/19 Napoleon's beaten army begins the long retreat from Moscow, 1812
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11/04 Iranian militants seize US embassy personnel in Teheran, 1979
11/04 Soviet forces crush the anti-communist revolt in Hungary, 1956
11/05 Guy Fawkes' Plot, 1605
11/06 Anniversary of the October Socialist Revolution (2 days) in U.S.S.R.
11/07 Abolitionist newspaperman Elijah P. Lovejoy murdered by mob, 1837
11/07 Lewis and Clark Expedition in sight of the Pacific Ocean, 1805
11/09 Blackout of New York, New England, and Eastern Canada, 1965
@ -439,7 +438,7 @@
11/10 Henry Stanley asks David Livingston, "Dr. Livingston, I presume?", 1871
11/11 Washington becomes the 42nd state, 1889
11/12 Dr. Sun Yat-sen's Birthday in Taiwan
11/12 U.S. first exports oil to Europe, 1861
11/12 USA first exports oil to Europe, 1861
11/14 Quarter Pounder price raised from $0.53 to $0.55 in violation of Nixon
price controls (but okayed by Price Commission after formal request
from McDonald's), 1971
@ -484,7 +483,7 @@
12/15 James Naismith invents basketball, Canada, 1891
12/15 Sitting Bull shot in head while submitting to arrest, 1890
12/16 Fellowship begins Quest (LOTR)
12/20 U.S. buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi.
12/20 US buys ~1,000,000 sq. miles of Louisiana for ~$20/sq.mi.
12/21 Phileas Fogg completes his trip around the world in less than 80 days
12/21 Women gain the right to vote in South Australia, 1894
12/21 Women gain the right to hold political office in South Australia, 1894