It was the first time a presidential election was held on the same day in all parts of the country.

VOA: special.2009.03.12

Secretary Clinton chaired the meeting, held on the last day of the United States' month-long presidency of the council.

VOA: special.2009.10.24

That way,there would be "two great American national festivals," she said, the other being Independence Day on the Fourth of July.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

On the fourth day of battle, Marines fought to the top of Mount Suribachi, the tallest mountain on Iwo Jima.

VOA: special.2011.05.30

On election day, the legislative candidates supporting Lincoln won four thousand more popular votes than the candidates supporting Douglas.

VOA: special.2009.06.11

"So I believe I'd better give a hot Brazilian kiss. It would be better on the Day of the Couple."

VOA: special.2010.02.08

Each year on that day the National Education Association calls for every child and every community in America to celebrate reading.

VOA: special.2010.05.02

On the day after he died, the lights of Broadway theaters darkened for a minute in honor of Arthur Miller.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

On the last day of April, the Union troop boats began carrying soldiers to the east side of the river.

VOA: special.2009.11.19

The hard work of this grassroots effort resulted in the first Earth Day on April twenty-second, nineteen seventy.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

It was a tradition to open the White House on that day so the president could wish visitors a happy new year.

VOA: special.2009.10.08

On Earth Day, the artist and building designer Maya Lin will launch a Web site about the Earth's endangered plants and animals.

VOA: special.2010.04.21

A large fireworks show always takes place on Bastille day which celebrates the beginning of the French Revolution.

VOA: special.2009.07.05

Years later, Anderson described how she felt on that day: "There seemed to be people as far as the eye could see.

VOA: special.2009.01.25