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This Day in Smithsonian History
A look back at interesting events at the Smithsonian on this day in years past.


January   February   March
April   May   June
July   August   September
October   November   December


0 The entire Smithsonian Chronology is available on the Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) in the History of the Smithsonian Catalog. The Smithsonian Chronology is a list of significant events in the history of the Smithsonian Institution, from the life of James Smithson in the 1700s to the present. Each entry consists of an event title, date, abstract, references, explanatory notes, and index terms. Entries were compiled from primary sources in the Smithsonian Institution Archives and secondary sources documenting the history of the Institution.

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