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George Washington
U.S. Founding Father, president from 1789 to 1797
Abraham Lincoln
President of the United States from 1861 to 1865
United States
Country primarily in North America
Louis Armstrong
American jazz trumpeter and singer (1901–1971)
Walt Disney
American animator, producer and entrepreneur (1901–1966)
Thomas Edison
American inventor and businessman (1847–1931)
Nikola Tesla
Serbian-American engineer and inventor (1856–1943)
Albert Einstein
German-born theoretical physicist (1879–1955)
Henry Ford
American business magnate (1863–1947)
New York City
Most populous city in the United States
Humphrey Bogart
American actor (1899–1957)
Clark Gable
American actor (1901–1960)
Judy Garland
American actress and singer (1922–1969)
Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model (1926–1962)
Isadora Duncan
American dancer and choreographer (1877–1927)
Josephine Baker
American and French entertainer (1906–1975)
Harry Houdini
American escapologist and stuntman (1874–1926)
James McNeill Whistler
American painter (1834–1903)
John Singer Sargent
American painter (1856–1925)
Edward Hopper
American painter and printmaker (1882–1967)
Max Ernst
German artist (1891–1976)
Jackson Pollock
American painter (1912–1956)
Winsor McCay
American cartoonist and animator (c.1866–1934)
Marcel Duchamp
French painter, sculptor, and chess player (1887–1968)
Louis Sullivan
American architect (1856–1924)
Frank Lloyd Wright
American architect (1867–1959)
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
German-American architect (1886–1969)
Louis Kahn
Estonian-American architect (1901–1974)
Eadweard Muybridge
English photographer (1830–1904)
Edward Weston
American photographer (1886–1958)
Frederick Law Olmsted
American landscape architect (1822–1903)
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September 11 attacks
2001 terror attacks in the U.S.
African Americans
Ethnic and cultural group in the United States
Attack on Pearl Harbor
1941 Japanese attack on the U.S.
Black Lives Matter
Social movement originating in the US
Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Pennsylvania
2024 shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Americans
People of the United States
Cherokee
Indigenous people of the United States
Ashkenazi Jews
Jewish diaspora of Central Europe
Amish
Group of traditionalist Christian church fellowships
Mexican-American War
1846–1848 conflict between Mexico and the United States
Murder of George Floyd
2020 police murder in Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Battle of Midway
1942 major naval battle in World War II
Assassination of John F. Kennedy
1963 murder in Dallas, Texas
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Boston Marathon bombings
2013 domestic terrorist attack in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
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Comanche
Plains Native North American tribe
Orlando nightclub shooting
2016 mass shooting in Florida, U.S.
Battle of Gettysburg
1863 battle of the American Civil War
Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting
2012 mass shooting in Connecticut, US
Columbine High School massacre
1999 mass shooting in Colorado, U.S.
Hurricane Sandy
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2012
Battle of the Alamo
Major battle of the Texas Revolution
Occupy Wall Street
2011 American protest movement
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2017 Las Vegas shooting
Deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history
Wounded Knee Massacre
1890 South Dakota massacre of Lakota
Robb Elementary School shooting
2022 mass shooting in Texas, US
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Earthquake in California
Oklahoma City bombing
1995 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City
Cheyennes
Indigenous tribe originating from the Great Plains and Great Lakes of the U.S.
Puebloan peoples
Native Americans in the Southwestern US
Battle of the Little Bighorn
1876 battle of the Great Sioux War
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Ojibwe
Indigenous people of North America
Hurricane Irma
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
American Airlines Flight 11
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
Lenape
Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
1865 murder in Washington, D.C., US
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Virginia Tech shooting
2007 mass shooting in Blacksburg, Virginia, US
Siege of Yorktown
1781 siege of the American Revolutionary War
Hurricane Irene
Category 3 Atlantic hurricane in 2011
Shawnee
Indigenous peoples of the Midwestern United States
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Liberty Bell
Symbol of American independence and liberty
Deepwater Horizon oil spill
2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico
Muscogee
Indigenous people from Southeastern Woodlands
January 2025 Southern California wildfires
Series of wildfires in California, United States
Arapaho people
Native American tribe
United Airlines Flight 93
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
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Alt-right
Far-right white nationalist movement
Abenaki people
Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands
Battle of Fort Sumter
1861 American Civil War battle
Cajun
Louisiana French ethnicity
Boston Massacre
1770 shooting deaths of five colonists by British soldiers
American Airlines Flight 77
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
Great Chicago Fire
1871 conflagration in Illinois, US
Battle of Antietam
1862 battle of the American Civil War
United Airlines Flight 175
9/11 hijacked passenger flight
2012 Aurora shooting
Mass shooting in Colorado, U.S.
Tlingit
Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America
Hudson River school
American art movement
Assassination of Charlie Kirk
2025 assassination in Orem, Utah, U.S.
Tulsa Race Massacre
1921 mass violence in Oklahoma, US
Hutterite
Communal ethnoreligious branch of Anabaptists
Asian Americans
People of Asian descent in the United States
Battle of Chancellorsville
1863 American Civil War battle
Gilded Age
Era of US history from the 1870s to the late 1890s
Navajo Nation
Federally recognized tribe in the Southwest United States
First Battle of Bull Run
1861 American Civil War battle
1993 World Trade Center bombing
Terrorist attack in the United States
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Death of Michael Jackson
2009 death of American singer in Los Angeles, California, US
Battle of San Jacinto
Decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
Battles of Saratoga
Part of the American Revolutionary War
Italian Americans
American citizens of Italian descent
Potawatomi
Algonquian Native American people
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
1929 gang shooting in Chicago
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Onondaga Nation
Ethnic group
Murder of John Lennon
1980 murder in New York City, US
Montgomery bus boycott
1950s American protest against racial segregation
Battle of New Orleans
Battle of the War of 1812 fought in January 1815
Voluntary Human Extinction Movement
Environmental movement
Hispanic and Latino Americans
Demographic of Americans
Battle of Fredericksburg
1862 battle of the American Civil War
Battle of Long Island
1776 American Revolutionary War battle
Nez Perce
Indigenous peoples of North America
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy
1968 shooting in Los Angeles, California
2023 Hawaii wildfires
Natural disasters in the USA
Ute
Indigenous people of the Great Basin in the United States
2025 New Orleans truck attack
Terrorist attack in Louisiana, U.S.
Killing of Iryna Zarutska
2025 stabbing in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S.
Second Battle of Bull Run
1862 American Civil War battle
Hurricane Harvey
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2017
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Sutherland Springs church shooting
2017 mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Battle of Trenton
Battle of the American Revolutionary War (December 26, 1776)
Battle of Saipan
1944 battle during the Pacific Campaign of World War II
Chabad Lubavitch
Hasidic Jewish dynasty
1964 Alaska great earthquake and tsunami
Second most powerful earthquake in recorded history
Killing of Renée Good
2026 shooting by a US immigration agent
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2015 San Bernardino shooting
Mass shooting in California, U.S.
Hurricane Ike
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane in 2008
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
2018 mass shooting in Florida, U.S.
2019 El Paso shooting
Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse
2024 bridge collapse near Baltimore, Maryland, US
Firefight at the O.K. Corral
1881 shootout in Tombstone, Arizona, United States
2017 Lower Manhattan attack
Vehicle-ramming attack in Manhattan, US
Battle of Guam
WWII battle in the Pacific theater between US and Japan
Attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan
1981 shooting in Washington, D.C., U.S.
Great Molasses Flood
1919 accident in Massachusetts, United States
German Americans
Americans of German birth or descent
Kewa Pueblo
Ethnic group
2015 Charleston, South Carolina shooting
2015 mass shooting in South Carolina, U.S.
Pueblo of San Felipe
CDP in New Mexico, United States
Kent State shootings
1970 shootings in Kent, Ohio, US
Avaaz
Nonprofit organization to promote global activism
Battle of Shiloh
1862 battle of the American Civil War
Osage Nation
Native American tribe in Oklahoma
1989 Loma Prieta earthquake
Major earthquake in Northern California
Pueblo de Cochiti
CDP in New Mexico, United States
2022 Buffalo shooting
Mass shooting in New York, U.S.
Santa Clara Pueblo
CDP in New Mexico, United States
Jemez Pueblo
CDP in New Mexico, United States
Battle of Cold Harbor
Major battle of the American Civil War
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
2018 mass shooting in Pennsylvania, U.S.
Battle of Guam
WWII Battle by Japanese forces to capture Guam from the United States
Battle of Princeton
1777 American Revolutionary War battle
West Fertilizer Company explosion
2013 explosion of ammonium nitrate in Texas, USA
Battle of Wake Island
World War II battle in the Pacific Ocean (1941)
Battle of Chickamauga
American Civil War battle
Shooting of Michael Brown
2014 police shooting in Ferguson, Missouri, US
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Conservatism in the United States
Hindenburg disaster
1937 airship fire in the US
Mescalero
Native American tribe in New Mexico
Hurricane Michael
Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2018
1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Major volcanic eruption in Skamania County, Washington
Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire
1911 factory fire in New York City
Battle of Hampton Roads
1862 naval battle in the American Civil War, the first between ironclads
Seminole Wars
Conflicts in Florida between the US govt. and Seminole Nation (1816–58)
Siege of Vicksburg
Battle of the American Civil War
Santa Ana Pueblo
Native American settlement and federally recognized tribe in New Mexico
Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in Florida
Foiled assassination plot in Florida, U.S.
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Pueblo of Pojoaque
Native American tribe and settlement in New Mexico
Pueblo of Zia
Census-designated place in New Mexico, United States
Battle of Tinian
1944 World War II battle between the United States and Japan
1900 Galveston hurricane
Category 4 Atlantic hurricane
2016 shooting of Dallas police officers
Mass shooting in Texas, U.S.
Battle of Brandywine
1777 battle of the American Revolutionary War
Tuscarora Nation
Indigenous Peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands
Mexican Americans
Americans of Mexican ancestry
Indian massacre of 1622
Powhatan attack on the English colony of Virginia
Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.
1968 murder in Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Beaver Wars
Series of 17th century conflicts between the Haudenosaunee and neighboring nations
Burning of Washington
1814 British attack on the United States
Mojave people
Indigenous people to the Colorado River in the Mojave Desert
Battle of Los Angeles
Anti-aircraft shelling during WWII against an imagined invader
2023 Ohio train derailment
2023 disaster in Ohio, United States
Battle of Appomattox Court House
Battle of the American Civil War
Mohegan
Indigenous people of present-day Connecticut
Armenian Americans
Americans of Armenian birth or descent
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Taos Pueblo
CDP in New Mexico, United States
Seven Days Battles
US civil war battles in 1862
Gros Ventre people
Native American group of north-central Montana
2001 anthrax attacks
Bioterrorist attacks in the United States
Ludlow Massacre
April 1914 massacre during the Colorado Coalfield War
Surfside condominium collapse
2021 building collapse near Miami, Florida, US
Gay liberation
Social and political movement in the 1960s and 70s
Polish Americans
Ethnic group
Killing of Brian Thompson
2024 killing of American CEO in New York City
July 2025 Central Texas floods
Natural disaster in Texas, U.S.
Killing of Alex Pretti
2026 shooting by US Border Patrol agents
Battle of the Wilderness
Major battle of the American Civil War
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2014 Isla Vista killings
Terrorist attacks in California, U.S.
Sand Creek massacre
1864 US troop murders of Native Americans
Indian Americans
Americans of Indian descent
Ashcan School
American art movement

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