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1751: Georgetown founded 1752 – February: First survey of Georgetown completed. [1]1784 – October 7: Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts motions “that buildings for the use of Congress be erected on the banks of the Delaware near Trenton, or of the Potomac, near Georgetown, provided a suitable district can be procured on one of the rivers as aforesaid, for a federal town”.
1979 – October 14 National March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights: First such march on Washington drew 75,000–125,000 gay men and lesbians to demand equal civil rights. 1979 – November 9 Iran Hostage Crisis: A sign said "Deport all Iranians" and "Get the hell out of my country". 1980 – March 23
Ahead of and during Netanyahu's U.S. visit, thousands of anti-war and Pro-Palestine protestors marched across the Washington D.C. [7] The protests led to 23 arrests. [7] Protesters at Washington Union Station removed 3 American Flags and replaced them with Palestinian flags during the address. [8]
The first colonial-era landowners in the present-day Washington, D.C. were George Thompson and Thomas Gerrard, who were granted the Blue Plains tract in 1662, along with Saint Elizabeth, and other tracts in Anacostia, Capitol Hill, and other areas down to the Potomac River in the following years. Thompson sold his Capitol Hill properties in ...
October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 85 days remain until the end of the year. Events. Pre-1600.
On October 7 2023, Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups attacked Israel. This attack was well-documented, but conspiracy theories exist stating that the attacks did not occur at all, or that they were false-flags. Some have compared denial of the Hamas-led attacks to Holocaust denial [1] and Nakba denial. [2]
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The 1920 Motor Transport Corps convoy left Washington, D.C., on 14 June 1920 and followed the Bankhead Highway to San Diego, California, where it arrived on 2 October. A smaller expedition than the first, the second convoy consisted of 50 vehicles, 32 officers, and 160 enlisted men under Col John F. Franklin .