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Timeline of major historical events from 1847 to 2004
A compiled week by week look back lists key dates spanning 1847 to 2004. Highlights include the Seneca Falls convention led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, battles at Bull Run and Detroit race riots, the Rural Credits Act, San Francisco Preparedness Day bombing, D Day era countermoves, Potsdam Conference, Viking lander, Dont ask dont tell policy, Ginsburg oath, JFK Jr. crash, Branch Davidian review, Moussaoui plea, and the 9/11 Commission release. The items cover shifts in rights, war, science, law, and national security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
N.Y
Bull Run
New York City
San Francisco
Ch teau-Thierry
Los Alamos N.M
Alamogordo
N.M
U.S
U.S.S.R
Britain
Detroit
Viking
Mars
American Legion
Philadelphia
William Brennan
U.S. Supreme Court
Clinton
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Supreme Court
John F. Kennedy, Jr
Carolyn Bessette
Lauren Bessette
Justice Dept
Branch Davidian
Waco
Texas
Zacarias Moussaoui
U.S. District Court
Leonie Brinkema
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