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May 22 in History 1819 Savannah Set Sail Across Atlantic
Highlights include the SS Savannah beginning its voyage from Savannah to Liverpool in 1819, Burr's treason trial in 1807, Wagner's birth in 1813, WWI raids on Paris in 1918, the Truman Doctrine aid in 1947, a 1961 note on tractors to Cuba, Da Nang Buddhist crackdown in 1963, and Leonard Woodcock’s 1973 UAW presidency election.
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Savannah
Liverpool
England
Aaron Burr
Richmond
Richard Wagner
Leipzig
Paris
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cuba
South Vietnam
da Nang
Leonard Woodcock
Walter F. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union