The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 repealed this compromise of 1820
This company was founded in 1852 to provide banking & mail delivery to the gold camps of California
In 1952 President Truman signed a G.I. Bill of Rights for veterans of this war
Under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico relinquished all claims to this state above the Rio Grande
In 1859 this vein of silver was discovered on the eastern slope of Mount Davidson in Nevada
In February 1986 the Marcoses fled the Philippines & this dictator fled Haiti
In 1957 Sir Bernard Lovell built what was then the largest radio telescope in time to track this 1st satellite
From 1961-65 this revolutionary served as Cuba's Minister of Industry
In 1975 this Communist movement led by Pol Pot seized control of Cambodia
In 1959 Walter Williams, said to be the last surviving veteran of this war, died at age 117