America - 1836AD

In 1836AD:

• American educator William Holmes McGuffey began editing his Readers.
• American inventor Samuel Colt began manufacturing the first revolver.
• American literary figure Ralph Waldo Emerson founded the Transcendental Club.
• Arkansas was inaugurated as the 25th state of the Union.
• Santa Anna's army stormed the Alamo in Texas, killing the defenders.
• Texans under Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the San Jacinto River.
• John C. Calhoun supported the gag rules to prevent Congress debating slavery.

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