This Week in American History
The Capitol, Washington, D.C.
2010
September
September 1 - 7: The Treaty of Paris, 1783; The Assasination of President McKinley, 1901
August
August 26-31, 1963: March on Washington, D.C. for Civil Rights
August 19-25, 410 A.D.: The Sack of Rome
August 15, 1971: Nixon Ends Bretton Woods
Aug. 4-11, 1945: On the Anniversary of Hiroshima — The First Use of Weapons of Mass Destruction
July
July 29-August 4, 1735: Freedom of the Press
July 22-28, 1969: Man on the Moon
July 14-20, 1787: The Northwest Ordinance
July 8-14, 1776: British Response to the Declaration of Independence
July 1-7, 1776: Signing the Declaration of Independence
June
June 24-30, 1776: Writing the Declaration of Independence
June 16-22, 1933: Hitler Dictatorship Established in Germany
June 10-16, 1933: Summary of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's First 100 Days
March
March 18 - March 24, 1933: The Civilian Conservation Corps
March 11 - March 18, 1933: Emergency Banking Act
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