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Philip Astley, who was an Englishman and an equestrian, was known as the "Father of the Modern Circus." He introduced Londoners to the circus and they've been enjoying it with the rest of the world ever since!

No Child Left Act was replaced by the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) in 2015.

We all know that George Washington became our nation's first president, but do you know who our first vice-president was? If you said John Adams, you would be correct!

Theodore Roosevelt served as president from 1901-1909 and chose not to run for a third term.

Opening the Golden Gate Bridge was closed, the day for the opening has come. This bridge is nearly two miles across when complete.

With the country mourning over the death of Kennedy, Lyndon B Johnson was elected to the presidency by a massive popular vote in American history.

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One of Michelangelo's most beautiful works can be found on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in Rome. This was the first day that the exhibit was open for the public.

At the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany, Martin Luther opens the door of the castle and nailed the 95th Thesis to the door. This document contained the 95 revolutionary opinions that would lead to the American Revolution.

On the night of October 30, 4 miners found nuggets of gold. The birth of Helena, Montana, was born from this discovery of this gold and eventually became the capital of Montana.

Mayor George McClellan took the controls on New York City's subway inaugural run. The New York City subway became the largest American transportation system. The subway opened at 7 pm that night, and more than 100,000 people paid a nickel to take their first ride under Manhattan.

After silver was found near Tombstone, Arizona, the Earp brothers faced off with the Clanton-McLaury gang. When the legendary shootout was over, the Earps were charged with murder. One month after being convicted, a judge found the Earp brother not guilty, ruling they were "fully justified committing these homicides."

Albert B. Fall served as secretary of the interior in President Warren G. Harding's cabinet. Fall was found guilty of accepting a bribe while in office during the Teapot Dome Scandal.

The Thirty Year War was a series of wars fought by European nations. It started in 1618 when the King of Bohemia attempted to impose Catholicism throughout his domains. In 1648, the Treaty of Westphalia was signed, ending the war. When this took place, there was a radical shift in power for Europe.

A suicide terrorist in Beirut, left 241 U.S. military personnel, when a truck packed with explosives drove into the U.S. Marine barracks. The same morning, 58 French soldiers were killed in their barracks in a separate terrorist attack. President Reagan let the Marines in Lebanon, but four months later, he announced the end of America's role in peacekeeping.

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on October 15th when intelligence personnel discovered that the Soviets were building medium-range missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy announced in a televised speech that he was ordering a naval "quarantine" for Cuba to prevent the Soviets from bringing any more weapons to the island.

On this day in 1967, in Washington, DC, nearly 100,000 people gathered to protest the efforts of the Vietnam War. More than 50,000 of those protestors marched to the Pentagon to ask for the war to come to an end. This was the first time that American support for the Vietnam War fell below 50%.

Douglas MacArthur, the son of an American Civil War hero, served as chief U.S. military adviser to the Philippines before World War II. After going island to island across the Pacific, MacArthur waded ashore on the Philippine island Leyte. On this day, MacArthur was able to fulfill his promise to return to the area he was forced to leave in 1942.

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