Historical events shaping the world across years
AP review highlights key moments from 1806 to 1999. Lewis and Clark begin eastward return from the Pacific in 1806. Reagan launches Star Wars plan in 1983. Obama signs the Affordable Care Act in 2010. Koch announces tuberculosis germ in 1882. Elvis begins Army service in 1958. Exxon Valdez oil spill occurs in 1989. NATO begins strikes against Yugoslavia in 1999.
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Meriwether Lewis
William Clark
Pacific
Ronald Reagan
Barack Obama
Robert Koch
Elvis Presley
Memphis Draft Board
U.S. Army
Prince William Sound
Alaska
NATO Alliance
Yugoslavia
Notable historical milestones span empires and eras
A timeline of major events includes the 1634 Maryland settlement, the 1807 British Slave Trade Act, the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march, Somalia's 1994 troop withdrawal, the 1979 Egypt Israel Peace Treaty, and later events such as Kevorkian’s 1999 conviction, the 1964 Alaska earthquake, Viagra FDA approval, and the Dow Jones topping 10000 in 1999.
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St. Clement’s Island
Maryland
St. Mary’s
Martin Luther King Jr
Selma
Alabama
Montgomery
United States
Somalia
Anwar Sadat
Menachem Begin
Washington
D.C
Indianapolis
Indiana
Tyson
Heaven’s Gate
San
Michigan
Jack Kevorkian
U.S
U.S. Navy
Geronimo
Skeleton Canyon
Arizona
Mary Mallon
Mary
North Brother Island
New York City
Alaska
Food and Drug Administration
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Ossama Rabei
Suez Canal Authority
Suez Canal
Egypt
Jotos
Associated Press
Supreme Court
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Three Mile Island
Dominion of Canada
Ethel
Julius Rosenberg
South Vietnam
Military Assistance Command-Vietnam
MACV
Saigon
Dow Jones