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Yosemite's Domes
A photo taken by a Carleton E. Watkins of Yosemite's Domes. -
Three Men
Shows three men in a gulch mining for gold. -
Lower Falls
Lower Falls and Sulphur Mountain, Yellowstone TM; Prang's American Chromolithograph. -
Breakfast At Camp
Group having breakfast in camp in West Branch, Penobscot, Maine. Kirkbride, Joseph J. -
Wild Animals
Illustration from Wild Animals I Have Known, and 200 Drawings , By Ernest Seton Thompson. -
Eisenhower Elected
Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican) wins the presidential election -
Rosa Park
Rosa Parks is jailed for refusing to move to the back of a bus in Montgomery, Alabama. -
JFK Elected
John F. Kennedy (Democrat) wins the presidential election. -
Malcom X Assassinated
Malcolm X is assassinated at Manhattan's Audubon Ballroom on February 21. -
George Wallace Shot
On May 15, Alabama Govenor George Wallace was shot four times by Arthur Bremer. -
Black History Month
Negro History Week becomes Black History Month. -
Attempted Assassination
An attempt to assassinate President Ronald Reagan occured on March 30 - just 69 days into his presidency. -
MLK Day
The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday is established - January 21 (Dr. King's birthday). -
King Riots
Rodney Glen King, a black motorest, was brutally beaten by the Los Angeles Police Department on March 3 -
Clinton Elected
Bill Clinton (Democrat) wins the presidential election.
