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 * What is a subject term? A subject term is the set of words that a library catalog or database uses to describe your topic. The subject term listed here are from the Library of Congress and can be used to find books in our library or your local public library. They may also work in database searches.
 * How will it help me with my project? Using subject terms will help you find books that might have information about your topic, even if your topic is not the main subject of the book.

2700 BCE Gilgamesh
//Evan// Gilgamesh Mesopotamian -- History -- Myth Sumerian King

79 Eruption of Mt. Vesuvius and entombment of Pompeii
//Finn// Pompeii Vesuvius (Italy) Volcanoes

1113 Angkor Wat begun
//Gavin// Angkor Wat -- history Cambodia -- History

1162 Thomas à Becket named Archbishop of Canterbury
//Zack// Great Britain -- History Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 Thomas, à Becket, Saint, 1118?-1170.

1167 Eleanor of Aquitaine in Poitiers
//Amit// Eleanor, of Aquitaine France -- History Great Britain -- History Henry II, King of England, 1133-1189 Queen Eleanor

1453 Mehmed II leads conquest of Constantinople and establishes Ottoman Empire
//Lorne// Byzantine Empire -- History Istanbul (Turkey) -- History Mehmed II, Sultan of the Turks, 1432-1481 Turkey -- History

1613 Abduction of Pocahontas
//Jessica A.// Jamestown (Va.) -- History Pocahontas, d. 1617 Rolfe, John, 1585-1622 Smith, John, 1580-1631 United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca 1600 - 1775

1812 Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa lead the Shawnee and a tribal confederacy against the United States
//Jake// Shawnee Indians Tecumseh, Shawnee Chief, 1768-1813 Tenskwatawa, Shawnee Prophet

1839 The Opium Wars
//Theo// China -- History -- Opium War, 1840-1842 Great Britain -- History Opium trade -- China -- History Opium Wars

1874 First Impressionist exhibit in Paris
//Emma// Impressionism (Art) -- History Painting, Modern -- 19th century -- History

Or you can try searching for names of individual painters. For example: Degas, Edgar, 1834-1917 Monet, Claude, 1840-1926 Renoir, Auguste, 1841-1919

1885 Booker T. Washington
//Lily// African Americans -- biography Slaves -- United States -- Biographies Washington, Booker T., 1856-1915

1887 Marcus Garvey is born
//Ajani// African-Americans -- Biography Black Nationalism Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 Universal Negro Improvement Association

1890 Pablo Casals rediscovers Bach Suites
//Pablo// Cellist Musicians Casals, Pablo, 1876-1973 Refugees -- biography

1914 Margaret Sanger and Family Limitation
//Caroline// American Birth Control League Birth control -- United States -- History Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966

===1928 Steamboat Willy, Walt Disney’s first cartoon //Brianna// Animator Disney, Walt, 1901-1966. Motion pictures -- History -- United States.

1955 Pete Seeger testifies before the House Un-American Activities Committee
//Ellis// Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century Folk singers -- United States -- Biography McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957 Seeger, Pete, 1919 -

1960 Wilma Rudolph wins three gold medals
//Kelley// African Americans -- Biography. Rudolph, Wilma, 1940- Track and field athletes Women athletes -- United States -- History.

1961 Rafael Trujillo assassinated in the Dominican Republic
//Gerlins// Americans -- Latin America -- History. Dominican Republic. Latin America -- History, Military. Trujillo Molina, Rafael Leónidas, 1891-1961.

1962 Cesar Chavez helps found the National Farm Workers Association (NFWA)
//Skylar// Chavez, Cesar, 1927-1993 United Farm Workers -- history

1966 Indira Gandhi becomes prime minister of India
//Sam// Gandhi, Indira, 1917-1984. India -- Politics and government -- 20th century

1967 Biafra attempts to secede from the Nigerian federation
//Remi// Africa, Eastern -- History Nigeria -- History -- Civil War, 1967-1970.

1977 Stephen Biko dies in police custody in South Africa
//P.J.// Anti-Apartheid movements -- South Africa. Apartheid -- South Africa. Blacks -- South Africa -- Politics and government. Biko, Steve, 1946-1977. South Africa -- Politics and government -- 20th century

1978 John Mackey opens Safer Way, a heath food store which eventually becomes Whole Foods
//Hannah// Food industry and trade Food supply Mackey, John, 1954- Social responsibility of business Whole Foods Market

1989 Tiananmen Square
//Michelle// China -- History -- 20th century China -- History -- Tianamen Square Incident, 1989 China -- Politics and government Students -- China -- Political activity

1992 Rigoberta Menchú wins Nobel Peace Prize
//Nicole// Guatemala -- Politics and government Human rights workers Mayas -- Civil Rights Menchu, Roberta

2009 United Nations Conference on Climate Change in Copenhagen
//Sophia// Environmental policy Global warming United Nations Climate Change Conference