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George Washington was born in 1732 in colonial America, specifically in Westmoreland County, Virginia. However, Martin Van Buren was the first President born a citizen of the United States after the country gained its independence from Britain.

The Scottish engineer significantly improved earlier versions of the steam engine, and his invention helped spur the Industrial Revolution.

The U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET for military security in the 1960s during the Cold War.

The glamorous American movie star wedded the prince in his home country of Monaco.

With an admission fee of $1, Disneyland opened in 1955 in Anaheim, California.

Ronald Reagan delivered this famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in 1987, urging Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

Written in 1789, the Declaration of the Rights of Man was one of the foundational documents of the French Revolution.

Located in Illinois near St. Louis, Missouri, Cahokia Mounds is the largest pre-Columbian settlement north of Mexico.

The American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto at the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona.

The African American track star triumphed at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, setting a record with four gold medal wins. The achievement came as Adolf Hitler hoped to use the Games to prove his theory of white supremacy.

The American Revolutionary War ended with the Treaty of Paris in 1783. Like many other treaties, it was signed in France.

Although there is a town called Salem in England, the witch trials occurred in colonial Massachusetts.

The Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on April 10, 1912, headed for New York City.

England’s Prince Albert, the husband of Queen Victoria, oversaw the first world’s fair in 1851. Known as the Great Exhibition, it was held in London’s Crystal Palace.

Built in Paris and erected in New York City, the statue was a centennial gift to the United States from France.