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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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Camille Bohannon Presented with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award by Marquis ...
CAMILLE BOHANNON

Martin Scorsese at 70: His films, his stars

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Film maker Martin Charles Scorsese emerged as one of the major
figures of the
New Hollywood era. Scorsese has received many accolades, including an Academy Award, four BAFTA Awards,
three
Emmy Awards, a Grammy Award, three Golden Globe
Awards, and two Directors Guild of America Awards.

He has been honored with the AFI Life Achievement Award in
1997, the
Film Society of Lincoln Center tribute in 1998, the
Kennedy Center Honor in 2007, the Cecil B. DeMille Award in
2010, and the
BAFTA Fellowship in 2012. Five of his films have
been inducted into the
National Film Registry by the Library of
Congress
.

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Best Martin Scorsese Movies, Ranked

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FIRST U.S. CONGRESSWOMAN ON THIS DAY

Women’s History Month: Jeannette Rankin: Suffragist, Congresswoman, Pacifist – Great Falls Rising
Jeannette Pickering Rankin (June 11, 1880 – May 18, 1973)

On November 7, 1916, Montana suffragist Jeannette Rankin, a
Republican from Montana was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. She was the first woman in the history of the
nation to win a seat in the federal Congress.

Today in History, November 7, 1916: Jeannette Rankin became first woman elected to Congress

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Rankin arguing against the fortification of Guam before
the House Naval Affairs Committee in 1939.

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FIRST HISPANIC ELECTED TO US CONGRESS

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On September 30, 1822, Joseph Marion Hernández (1788-1857) 
became the first Hispanic to be elected to the
United States
Congress
.

Born a Spanish citizen, Hernández would die in Cuba, but in
between he became the
first Hispanic American to serve at
the highest levels of any of three branches of the American
federal government.

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DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE SIGNED

Signing the Declaration of Independence

On August 2, 1776, members of Congress affix their signatures
to an enlarged copy of the
Declaration of Independence.

Fifty-six congressional delegates in total signed the document,
including some who were not present at the vote approving the declaration. The delegates signed by state from North to South.

        
        
        
        
        
       
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Signing the Declaration - Unanimous Approval

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U.S. CONGRESS DECLARED WAR ON MEXICO

11. James K. Polk (1845-1849) – U.S. PRESIDENTIAL HISTORY
James Knox Polk (November 2, 1795 – June 15, 1849)  Polk 
was the 11th
president of the United States, serving from
1845 to 1849.

On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly voted in favor
of President
James K. Polk’s request to declare war on Mexico in
a dispute over
Texas.

Under the threat of war, the United States had refrained from
annexing Texas after the latter won independence from Mexico
in 1836. But in 1844, President
John Tyler restarted negotiations
with the Republic of Texas, culminating with a Annexation Treaty.

The treaty was defeated by a wide margin in the Senate because it
would upset the slave state/free state balance between North and
South and risked war with Mexico, which had broken off relations
with the United States. But shortly before leaving office and with
the support of President-elect Polk, Tyler managed to get the joint resolution passed on March 1, 1845.
Texas was admitted to the
Union
on December 29.

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The Mexican American war: I chose to pin this to my board because it was a great visual of a ...
(February 22–23, 1847)

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