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American Newspaper Collection, Headlines and Front Pages, 1860-2010 inclusive

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April 15, 1861. “The Attack on Sumter: The surrender,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

April 10, 1865. “The End. The Old Flag Vindicated. Lee and his whole army surrendered yesterday,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

April 15, 1865. “Terrible News: President Lincoln assassinated at Ford’s Theater,” and “Jeff. Davis on the situation: He issues an edict at Danville,” Chicago Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

April 15, 1865. “Important, Assassination of President Lincoln,” The New York Herald, New York, N.Y.

February 16, 1898. “Maine is blown up in Havana Harbor,” The Daily Tribune, Chicago, Ill.

May 2, 1898. “Great Sea Victory for America! Span’s Asiatic Fleet Burned and Sunk!,” unknown paper

April 4, 1915. "The Golden Anniversary of Peace within the Union." An Interpretative History of the Civil War written for The New York Times by Charles Willis Thompson. Section 7, 24 pages. Photocopy.

May 22, 1927. “Lindbergh lands in Paris,” unknown paper

November 8, 1933. “Prohibition is voted out: Ohio, Penn, Utah end it; Both Carolinas go dry,” unknown paper

September 29, 1938. “Charleston Struck By Two Tornadoes,” The Charleston Evening Post, Charleston, SC.

September 3, 1939. “Britain Goes to War as Ultimatum Expires,” The Sunday Star, Washington, D.C.

December 15, 1939. “Gone With the Wind” Souvenir Reprint, The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.

December 8, 1941. “Japs Bomb U.S. Hawaiian Posts, then say war on,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

December 8, 1941. “U.S. Declares War,” The Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.

February 22, 1942. "George Washington," The Atlanta Journal, Rotogarvure Section, Atlanta, Ga.

June 5, 1944. “Allies Capture Rome,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

June 6, 1944. “Allied Troops Push as much as 9 miles inland,” The Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.

June 6, 1944. “Invasion is launched on coast of France,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

June 7, 1944. “Allies Push into France,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

June 7, 1944. “Allies Repulse Nazis, move Inland,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

April 13, 1945. “FDR’s Body On Way To Washington, Train Pauses Here Today At 6:50,” The Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.

April 14, 1945. “Dixie Bids Farewell As Body Is Borne To Washington,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

April 16, 1945. “Roosevelt Is Buried In Garden On Hudson,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

May 7, 1945. “Germany Surrenders,” The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.

May 8, 1945. “Nazis Quit!,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C

August 10, 1945. “Tokyo Radio offers surrender to Allies,” The Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.

August 14, 1945. “White House Announces the War Is Over,” The Evening Star, Washington, D.C.

August 15, 1945. “War Ends,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

June 3, 1953. "Queen Pledges Life of Service After Crowning," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

July 1, 1958. "Senators hang up star no. 49 for Alaska in historic decision," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

March 12, 1959. "Hawaiian statehood ok'd," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

August 22, 1959. "Newly designed flag unfurled," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

October 12, 1959. “John Brown’s Raid Flared Into Opening Guns of Civil War Strife Just 100 Years Ago,” Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C. Plus 4 additional daily article continuations.

November 22, 1963. “President Is Killed By Gunman In Dallas,” Charleston Evening Post, Charleston, S.C.

November 22, 1963. “Kennedy Slain in Tex.,” The Greenville Piedmont, Greenville, S.C.

November 22, 1963. JFK ambushed in Dallas - President dead, Connally shot, The Dallas Times Herald, Dallas, Tex.

November 23, 1963. “JFK is Assassinated,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

November 23, 1963. "Kennedy assassinated; Johnson takes oath," The Atlanta Constitution, Atlanta, Ga.

November 23, 1963. "President Kennedy murdered; Oswald charged with killing," The Daily Texan – Extra, University of Texas at Austin, Tex.

November 23, 1963. "Kennedy slain on Dallas street," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

November 23-24, 1963. "Kennedy Assassinated," New York Herald Tribune, New York, N.Y.

September 28, 1964. "Oswald termed sole Kennedy slayer," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

September 28, 1964. "The Kennedy Assassination," The Dallas Morning News, Section 5, Dallas, Tex.

April 9, 1968. “Funeral procession of Dr. King draws half a million Persons,” The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.

June 5, 1968. "Victim of Assassin: RFK fights for life," The Dallas Times Herald, Dallas, Tex.

July 16, 1969. “Man’s Odyssey to the Moon,” Today: Florida’s Space Age Newspaper. Brevard County, Fla.

July 20, 1969. “Apollo 11 Astronauts Blast Into Lunar Orbit,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C., First page only.

July 21, 1969. “Americans Walk on Moon,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C., First page only.

July 21, 1969. "Man walks on moon," The Dallas Morning News, Dallas, Tex.

July 21, 1969. "Footprints on moon," The Dallas Times Herald, Dallas, Tex.

July 21, 1969. "Men walk on the moon: Eagle ready to return," The Atlanta Journal, Atlanta, Ga.

January 24, 1973. “War’s End Announced,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

August 8, 1974. “Nixon Resignation on TV at 9 Tonight,” Anderson Daily Mail.

August 9, 1974. “Nixon Resigns,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

July 3, 1976. The Greenville News-Piedmont, Includes Bicentennial supplement, Greenville, S.C.

November 8, 2000. “Bush, GOP Win,” The Greenville News, Greenville, S.C.

September 12, 2001. “U.S. Attacked,” The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

September 13, 2001. “Stunned rescuers comb attack sites, but thousands are presumed dead; F.B.I. tracking hijackers’ movements,” The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

September 14, 2001. “Bush and top aides proclaim policy of ‘ending’ states that back terror . . . .’ ” The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

September 16, 2001. “Bush tells the military to ‘get ready’. . . ." The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

December 31, 2001. “The Year in Pictures,” The New York Times, New York, N.Y.

September 27, 2010. “50 Years after Win, a legacy endures: JFK’s short tenure is still shaping USA,” USA Today, Arlington, Va.