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• 1783 – Preliminary articles of peace ending Revolutionary War ratified.
• 1865 – Abraham Lincoln dies after being shot the previous evening by John Wilkes Booth and Andrew Johnson becomes the 17th President of the United States.
• 1924 – Rand McNally publishes its first road atlas.
• 1927 – Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and Norma and Constance Talmadge become the first celebrities to leave their footprints in concrete at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
• 1947 – Jackie Robinson (pictured) debuts for the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team, breaking that sport's color line.
• 1955 – Ray Kroc opens his first franchise of McDonald's restaurant in Des Plaines, Illinois.

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2. Add a new anniversary to the applicable day of the month shown below.

Single page version (long)

Nominations

Feel free to add undisplayed United States-related anniversaries from these resources.

• Daily U.S. portal "Anniversaries" pages, such as Portal:United States/Anniversaries/April/April 15.
• Daily U.S. portal "On this day" pages, such as Portal:United States/On this day/April 15.
• Yearly "...in the United States" articles, such as 2024 in the United States.
• Day of the month articles, such as April 15.
• Month of the year articles, such as April 2024.
• Year articles, such as 2024.

United States-related anniversaries should be included in at least one of the calendar-based articles listed above before they are included here. Possible sources for developing additional calendar-based anniversary items are listed below.

External links

• The New York Times On This Day