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1775
The United States Army was founded.
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1777
The Continental Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the U.S.
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1922
Warren Harding became the first president to be heard on the radio.
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1940
German troops entered Paris. The Nazis opened the Auschwitz concentration camp in Poland.
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1954
President Eisenhower signed the order inserting the words "under God" into the Pledge of Allegiance.
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1982
Argentine forces surrendered to British troops on the Falkland Islands.
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