in History: Nixon visits China, Watergate break-in of Democratic National Committee office
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in History: Cuban Missle Crisis, John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth, Marilyn Monroe died, James Meredith enrolled at the University of Mississippi, violence erupted in the town of Oxford
in History: Berlin wall erected, John Kennedy elected president, Adolph Eichmann was tried and executed
in History: World War II in process, George Washington Carver African-American agricultural chemist died
in History: Fugitive Slave Law was passed, Great Irish Famine in process (began 1847) and resulted in large Irish immigration to US, Compromise of 1850 proposed was to admit California as a free state, use popular sovereignty to decide free or slave status for New Mexico and Utah, prohibit the slave trade in the District of Columbia, pass a more stringent fugitive slave law, and settle Texas boundary claims.
in History: The Hartford Convention (December 15, 1814-January 5, 1815) grew out of New England Federalists' opposition to the War of 1812, War of 1812, sometimes called "the Second War of Independence," was fought between the United States and Great Britain from 1812 to 1815. Stephenson builds his first steam locomotive, Gas street light in London, Hoffmann:Hoffmann Tales, Scott:Waverley, Pope Pius returns to Rome and restores the Inquisition, Napolean abdicates and is exiled to Elba, Louis XVIII King of France, Congress of Vienna, Brit. Governor in India declares war on Gurkhas, British force burns Washinton DC, Napoleonic Wars (1796-1815), War of Independence in Latin America (1811-1826), British-American War of control of Canada ends in stalemate.