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•	Samuel de Champlain <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/explorers/p/champlain.htm">Samuel de Champlain</a> founded Quebec as the first permanent French colony in North America. His maps and charts were used by many explorers for years to come. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/explorers/p/champlain.htm">This profile</a> looks at his expeditions along with his discoveries and significance.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/09/samuel-de-champlain.htm">Samuel de Champlain</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Thursday, September 9th, 2010 at 00:27:58.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/09/samuel-de-champlain.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/09/samuel-de-champlain.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/09/samuel-de-champlain.htm&zItl=Samuel de Champlain">Email this</a></p>
•	William McKinley Shot <p>On September 5, 1901, Leon Czolgosz shot President <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres25.htm">William McKinley</a>. The President was attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Czolgosz was an anarchist. McKinley did not die until September 14th. He was the fourth president associated with <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=/cs/uspresidents/a/tecumcurse1.htm">Tecumseh's Curse</a>. Czolgosz was later convicted and executed by electrocution. President McKinley was succeeded by <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/troosevelt/p/ptroosevelt.htm">Theodore Roosevelt</a> who became the youngest person ever to be one of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres.htm">Presidents of the United States</a>.</p> <p>Read about the other presidents who were assassinated: <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/uspresidents/a/assassinations.htm">Presidential Assassinations</a>.</p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/president-mckinley-shot.htm">William McKinley Shot</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Sunday, September 5th, 2010 at 00:00:11.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/president-mckinley-shot.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/president-mckinley-shot.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/05/president-mckinley-shot.htm&zItl=William McKinley Shot">Email this</a></p>
•	Japan's Surrender on the USS Missouri <p><img src="http://z.about.com/d/americanhistory/1/0/F/A/uss_missouri.jpg" border="0" alt="USS Missouri - Site of the Japanese Surrender" width="100" height="132" align="right" /><br /> On September 2, 1945, Japan unconditionally surrendered to end World War II. They had formally agreed to the terms of surrender two weeks previous. On this date, the Japanese delegation met the allies aboard the <em>USS Missouri</em> which was anchored in Tokyo Bay. General Douglas MacArthur, Supreme Allied Commander, led the Allied delegation. Years of fighting and bloodshed were ended in a half an hour. Interestingly, wallet card souvenirs were printed up and distributed to all who were present on September 2nd.</p> <p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/worldwarii/a/wwiioverview.htm">Overview of World War II</a></p><p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/japans-surrender-on-the-uss-missouri.htm">Japan's Surrender on the USS Missouri</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Thursday, September 2nd, 2010 at 00:16:06.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/japans-surrender-on-the-uss-missouri.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/japans-surrender-on-the-uss-missouri.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/09/02/japans-surrender-on-the-uss-missouri.htm&zItl=Japan's Surrender on the USS Missouri">Email this</a></p>
•	The Most Decisive Battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign... On August 30, 1862, Stonewall Jackson led the Confederates to victory at the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarbattles/p/cwbattle_bull2.htm">Second Battle of Bull Run</a>. He had ordered an attack on the Federal position starting on August 28th. Things began to look grim for both sides when Lieutenant General James Longstreet arrived to support Jackson's position. He then led his men on a counterattack against the Union forces. Read this summary of the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilwarbattles/p/cwbattle_bull2.htm">Second Battle of Bull Run</a> to learn more about this key battle for the confederacy.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/the-most-decisive-battle-of-the-northern-virginia-campaign.htm">The Most Decisive Battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign...</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Monday, August 30th, 2010 at 00:48:29.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/the-most-decisive-battle-of-the-northern-virginia-campaign.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/the-most-decisive-battle-of-the-northern-virginia-campaign.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/30/the-most-decisive-battle-of-the-northern-virginia-campaign.htm&zItl=The Most Decisive Battle of the Northern Virginia Campaign...">Email this</a></p>
•	"I Have a Dream" On August 28, 1963, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/afamerpeople/p/mlking.htm">Martin Luther King, Jr.</a> gave his famous "I have a Dream" speech. Standing at the Lincoln Memorial, he used the words from the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/docs/bldecindependence.htm">Declaration of Independence</a> to emphasize his position: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." 200,000 people marched on Washington to demonstrate for <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/civilrights/a/civilrights1.htm">civil rights</a>.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/28/i-have-a-dream.htm">"I Have a Dream"</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Saturday, August 28th, 2010 at 00:01:49.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/28/i-have-a-dream.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/28/i-have-a-dream.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/28/i-have-a-dream.htm&zItl="I Have a Dream"">Email this</a></p>
•	Bull Moose Party Profile <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/troosevelt/p/ptroosevelt.htm">Theodore Roosevelt</a> formed the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/politicalparties/p/bull_moose.htm">Bull Moose Party</a>, officially called the Progressive Party (1912) when he split with the Republican Party after the party's convention in 1912. Learn what led to his split and the significance of the Bull Moose Party in the election of 1912 with this profile. <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/bull-moose-party-profile.htm">Bull Moose Party Profile</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Thursday, August 26th, 2010 at 00:55:15.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/bull-moose-party-profile.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/bull-moose-party-profile.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/26/bull-moose-party-profile.htm&zItl=Bull Moose Party Profile">Email this</a></p>
•	Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Executed On August 23, 1927, Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/scandalsandcrime/">were put to death</a> by the electric chair. A jury had found them guilty of murder in July, 1921. It was widely suspected even then that they were unjustly convicted because of their nationality and political views. <p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nicola-sacco-and-bartolomeo-vanzetti-executed.htm">Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Executed</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Monday, August 23rd, 2010 at 00:10:15.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nicola-sacco-and-bartolomeo-vanzetti-executed.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nicola-sacco-and-bartolomeo-vanzetti-executed.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/23/nicola-sacco-and-bartolomeo-vanzetti-executed.htm&zItl=Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti Executed">Email this</a></p>
•	Birthday of Benjamin Harrison <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres23.htm">Benjamin Harrison</a>, 23rd <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres.htm">President of the United States</a> was born on August 20, 1833. He was the grandson of <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/library/fastfacts/blffpres9.htm">William Henry Harrison</a>, 9th President of the United States and the person who began <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=/cs/uspresidents/a/tecumcurse1.htm">Tecumseh's Curse</a>. Benjamin Harrison is remembered for his role in the passage of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/20/birthday-of-benjamin-harrison.htm">Birthday of Benjamin Harrison</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Friday, August 20th, 2010 at 00:02:22.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/20/birthday-of-benjamin-harrison.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/20/birthday-of-benjamin-harrison.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/20/birthday-of-benjamin-harrison.htm&zItl=Birthday of Benjamin Harrison">Email this</a></p>
•	Roanoke Missing Schoolchildren across the United States wish they could solve the mystery of 'Croatoan'. This mysterous word was found carved into a surrounding wall-like structure. It, along with the letters CRO carved into a tree, was the only communication that survived in the remains of the colony of Roanoke. On August 18, 1590, John White returned from Great Britain to find the colony deserted and plundered. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/colonialamerica/">Many other colonies</a>, however, were more fortunate. They were able to survive and thrive in a often hostile land.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/18/roanoke-missing.htm">Roanoke Missing</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Wednesday, August 18th, 2010 at 00:49:56.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/18/roanoke-missing.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/18/roanoke-missing.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/18/roanoke-missing.htm&zItl=Roanoke Missing">Email this</a></p>
•	Top Six Items You Might Not Realize are in the US Constitution While many of us have studied the Constitution in high school, how many of us remember each of the sections? There are many interesting items tucked away in the words of the Constitution. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/tp/fivefacts.htm">Here are six interesting items</a> that you might not remember or realize are included in the constitution. <p>Learn more through the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/f/">Constitution FAQ's</a> and <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/od/usconstitution/p/constfastfacts.htm">Constitution fast facts</a>.<p style="background:#f5f3ef;border:1px solid #d5d0bf;clear:both;padding:.5em;"><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/16/top-six-items-you-might-not-realize-are-in-the-us-constitution.htm">Top Six Items You Might Not Realize are in the US Constitution</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/">About.com American History</a> on Monday, August 16th, 2010 at 00:25:02.</p><p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/16/top-six-items-you-might-not-realize-are-in-the-us-constitution.htm">Permalink</a> \| <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&zu=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/16/top-six-items-you-might-not-realize-are-in-the-us-constitution.htm#gB3">Comment</a> \| <a href="http://americanhistory.about.com/gi/pages/shareurl.htm?PG=http://americanhistory.about.com/b/2010/08/16/top-six-items-you-might-not-realize-are-in-the-us-constitution.htm&zItl=Top Six Items You Might Not Realize are in the US Constitution">Email this</a></p>

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