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A stroke fells Wilson in the White House; the President is left unable to govern

Seven days after collapsing in Pueblo, Colorado, Wilson is paralyzed and largely cut off from his own government.

Woodrow Wilson's body had been failing him for weeks. On the morning of October 2, 1919, the President suffered a massive stroke inside the White House, paralyzing the left side of his body and clouding his mind. It came seven days after he collapsed following a speech in Pueblo, Colorado, the finale of an exhausting cross-country tour to sell the League of Nations. For the next two years, aides and his wife ran the presidency from his sickroom while Wilson recovered…

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Twelve amendments leave Washington's desk, bound for thirteen statehouses

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The House votes 376 to 30 to expel Michael Myers; no member has left this way since the Civil War

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The Enola Gay drops the first atomic bomb used in war on Hiroshima

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A German airship lifts off from New Jersey to fly around the world

Hearst money bought the trip; a New Jersey field bought its start and finish.
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In the dark off Guadalcanal, Mikawa's cruisers sink four Allied warships in under an hour

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Bambi's loan runs out; the Forest Service names a bear of its own

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