January 29, 1861 Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state.
Map of Nebraska and Kansas Territories, showing the location of the Indian Reserves according to the treaties of 1854
May 30 - An Act to Organize the Territories of Nebraska and Kansas, 1854
Passed on May 30, 1854, this act repealed the Missouri Compromise, which had outlawed slavery above the 36° 30’ latitude in the Louisiana territories and reopened the national struggle over slavery in the western territories.
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May 25, 1961
Watch President John F. Kennedy’s deliver his message to Congress on the “urgent national need” to send a man safely to the moon.
In Focus: The American West, 150 Years Ago
In the 1860s and 70s, photographer Timothy O’Sullivan created some of the best-known images in...
Photo of the Day: Castle in Portugal
Photograph by Patrick Yuen (Arlington, Virginia), May 2009, Lisboa, Portugal
May 25, 1961. President Kennedy tells Congress:
”…I believe this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before...
