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13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin

14th century

• The Decameron (Oxford World's Classics) by Giovanni Boccaccio (1300s)

16th century

• Romeo and Juliet (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare (1500s)

1971 Abolition of US Gold Standard

• Debt: The First 5000 Years by David Graeber

2008 Presidential Campaign

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

African-American Civil Rights Movement

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

American Civil War

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1865)
• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1865)

Anti-Rent War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1839)

Armageddon

• Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Assassination of Julius Caesar

• Augustus (New York Review Books Classics) by John Williams

Assassination of the Gracchi

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Atkins v. Virginia

• How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg (2002)

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Thomas Pynchon
• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1945)

Attica Prison Riot

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1971)

Bacon's Rebellion

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1676)

Battle of Actium

• Augustus (New York Review Books Classics) by John Williams

Battle of Marathon

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus (490 BCE)

Battle of Philippi

• Augustus (New York Review Books Classics) by John Williams

Battle of Salamis

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus (480 BCE-09)

Battle of Thermopylae

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus (480 BCE)

Black Death

• The Decameron (Oxford World's Classics) by Giovanni Boccaccio

Bombing of Dresden

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1945-02)

Bombing of Libya

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1986)

Bronze Age

• War and the Iliad by Simone Weil

Burlington, Vermont 2009 mayoral election

• How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

Catilina's Revolt

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Chilean Coup

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1973)

Cold War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Conflict of the Orders

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Creation of the universe

• The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland

Destruction of Earth

• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume by Douglas Adams

The Disappearance of the Dolphins

• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume by Douglas Adams

Dorr Rebellion

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1842)

El Mozote Massacre

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1981)

Election of Barack Obama to U.S. Presidency

• Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Emancipation Proclamation

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1863-01-01)

End of the Universe

• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume by Douglas Adams

Feminist Movement

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Financial Crisis of 2008

• Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze

Financial Crisis of 2012

• Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World by Adam Tooze

Florida 2000 presidential election

• How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg

Flour Riot of 1837

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

French Revolution

• The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers, Seventh Edition by Robert L. Heilbroner

Fugitive Slave Act of 1850, Harper's Ferry

• The Essential Writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Modern Library Classics) by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Gettysburg Address

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1863-11)

Great Depression

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn
• The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers, Seventh Edition by Robert L. Heilbroner

Greco-Persian Wars

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus (449 BCE)

Greek Civil War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1949)

Haymarket Massacre

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1886-05-04)

Impeachment and Trial of President Bill Clinton

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Indo-Pakistani War of 1965

• Midnight's Children (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel by Salman Rushdie

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1975)

Industrial Revolution

• The Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers, Seventh Edition by Robert L. Heilbroner

Invasion of Grenada

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1983)

Iran-Contra Affair

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1986)

Irish Revolution

• Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges

Italian Renaissance

• Leonardo da Vinci by Walter Isaacson

Jazz Age

• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1859)

Julius Caesar's conquest of Gaul

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Kansas-Nebraska Act

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1854)

Korean War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1953)

Lebanese Civil War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1990)

Lincoln's First Inaugural Address

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1861)

Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1865)

Lincoln-Douglas Debates

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1858)

Manhattan Project

• “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

Mayaguez incident

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1975)

Mexican-American War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1848)

Million Man March

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1995)

My Lai Massacre

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1968)

Nat Turner's slave rebellion

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1831)

New Year's Day

• Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Pearl, and Sir Orfeo: with Pearl and Sir Orfeo by J. R. R. Tolkien

Oklahoma City Bombing

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1995)

Operation Gothic Serpent

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1993)

Palm Sunday

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Thomas Pynchon (1942)

Partition of India

• Midnight's Children (Movie Tie-in Edition): A Novel by Salman Rushdie

Peninsula Campaign

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1862)

Persian Gulf War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1991)

Philippine-American War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1902)

plagues

• Isaac Newton by James Gleick (London, 1666)

Potsdam Conference

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Thomas Pynchon

Presidency of Abraham Lincoln

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1865)

The Punic Wars

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Quest for Olwen

• The Mabinogion (Everyman Library) by Gwyn Jones

Ragnarok

• Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman
• The Penguin Book of Norse Myths: Gods of the Vikings by Kevin Crossley-Holland

The Reappearance of Earth

• The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Five Novels in One Outrageous Volume by Douglas Adams

Reconstruction Era of the United States

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin

Reign of Amasis II

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus

Reign of Cambyses II

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus

Republican National Convention

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1860)

Resignation of Richard M. Nixon

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Roe v. Wade

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1973)

Rwandan Genocide

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1994)

Second Persian Invasion of Greece

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus (479 BCE)

Seminole Wars

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1858)

September 11 Attacks

• Consider the Lobster by David Foster Wallace (2001-09-11)

Shays' Rebellion

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1787)

The Social War

• S.P.Q.R: A History of Ancient Rome by Mary Beard

Spanish-American War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1898)

Stalinism

• One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Publisher: Signet Classics by Alexander Solzhenitsyn ([1924, 1953])

Stonewall Riots

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1969)

Three Mile Island Accident

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1979)

Trojan War

• The Aeneid (Vintage Classics) by Virgil
• War and the Iliad by Simone Weil

Twenty-Sixth Dynasty of Egypt

• Histories (Classics of World Literature) by Herodotus

United States invasion of Panama

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

United States presidential election

• Doris Kearns Goodwin / Team of Rivals The Political Genius of Abraham 1st 2005 by Doris Kearns Goodwin (1860, 1864)

Vietnam War

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Waco Branch Davidian Siege

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1993)

War in Afghanistan

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

War on Terrorism

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Watergate Scandal

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

World War I

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1918)
• Stoner by John Williams (1918)
• The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1914 ∙ 1918)

World War II

• Gravity's Rainbow (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) by Thomas Pynchon
• How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
• Labyrinths (New Directions Paperbook) by Jorge Luis Borges
• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1945)
• Stoner by John Williams (1945)
• “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman (1945)

World War II, American Home Front

• “Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!”: Adventures of a Curious Character by Richard P. Feynman

Wounded Knee Massacre

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn (1890-12-29)

WTO Protests of 1999

• A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present by Howard Zinn

Zenith Radio Corporation telepath broadcasts

• How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg (1937)