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    Andrew Jackson's letter to the British after their defeat at New Orleans
    Friday, September 10, 2004 (War of 1812)
    The capture of the HMS Boxer
    Friday, September 10, 2004 (War of 1812)
    The Capture of Washington D.C.
    Monday, April 12, 2004 (War of 1812)
    Letters from Fort Stephenson
    Monday, February 17, 2003 (War of 1812)
    Battle of Lake Erie
    Friday, September 20, 2002 (War of 1812)
    Capture of HMS Macedonian
    Friday, September 20, 2002 (War of 1812)
    Defeat of HMS Guerriere
    Friday, September 20, 2002 (War of 1812)
    The Fort Dearborn Massacre
    Saturday, July 13, 2002 (War of 1812)
    The Defense of Detroit
    Saturday, July 13, 2002 (War of 1812)
    Surrender of Michilimackinac
    Thursday, September 20, 2001 (War of 1812)
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    1865: John Wilkes Booth is killed when Union soldiers track him down to a Virginia farm 12 days after he assassinated President Abraham Lincoln.

    1865: Joseph E. Johnston surrenders the Army of Tennessee to Sherman.

    1937: The ancient Basque town of Guernica in northern Spain is bombed by German planes.

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    1972: President Nixon, despite the ongoing communist offensive, announces that another 20,000 U.S. troops will be withdrawn from Vietnam in May and June, reducing authorized troop strength to 49,000.


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