• America's Freedom Documents!
  Teaching the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
• Constitutions, Treaties and Declarations
  This Web site is a collection of links to constitutions, treaties, and declaration documents for countries throughout the world.
• Civics/Citizenship Center
  Resources, tools and activities from our Social Sciences Center.

Warren (Earl) Burger, Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, born (1907)

Baron Frederick von Steuben, who provided sorely needed military training to the Continental Army troops, born (1730)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...The American Revolution
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the American Revolution time period.
• Join the Revolution!
  Follow the progress of the American Revolution War from the first battle to the last.

Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russian pioneer in rocket & space research, born (1857)

• Space Sciences
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Ken Kesey, American author (One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest), born (1935)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center

Heather Whitestone of Alabama became the first deaf Miss America (1994)

• Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
  Education World looks at some noteworthy Web sites dedicated to the topic of deaf-blindness.

Union forces drove back a Confederate invasion of Maryland in the Battle of Antietam. During the battle, 23,100 soldiers were killed, wounded or captured, making it the bloodiest day in U.S. military history (1862)

• Civil War Lesson Plans and Activities
  
• Great Sites about the Civil War
  

U.S. Constitution was adopted & formally signed (1787)

• America's Freedom Documents!
  Teaching the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights
• Constitutions, Treaties and Declarations
  This Web site is a collection of links to constitutions, treaties, and declaration documents for countries throughout the world.
• Civics/Citizenship Center
  Resources, tools and activities from our Social Sciences Center.

First whaling ship arrived in Hawaii (1819)