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A British ocean liner was sunk by a German U-Boat.
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This act made it a crime to speak or write badly about the government or incite disloyalty.
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An outbreak of the Spanish Flu that caused about 50 million deaths worldwide.
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A speech about principles that could be used for peace negotiations to end World War I, delivered by Woodrow Wilson.
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A five-day strike where over 65000 people stopped working.
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A unanimous Supreme Court ruling where it was decided that freedom of speech could be restricted.
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The project to carve four presidents' faces into stone was approved on this day. Work began in 1927, and was officially finished October 31, 1941.
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The National Broadcasting Company was founded on this day.
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On this day, construction of the Empire State Building began.