Feb. 21st 1965to resort to any means necessary to bring about justice where the government can't give them justice. Malcolm X, the former Black Muslim leader is shot to death during a speech in New York City. He was 39. Three black Muslims are identi

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Feb 7th, 1964 I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand, I wanna hold your hand. The Beatles arrives in New York for their first tour of the US among the stops of the Fab Four and appears on TVs Ed Sullivan Show. 1995Ramzi Yousef,mastermind of t

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February 25th 1986People power in the Philippines, long-time leader Ferdinand Marcos flees the country amid mass protest after a tainted election. Corazon Aquino who ran against Marcos in that election is installed as a new president. 1956In Moscow,

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February 20th, 1962Godspeed, John Glenn, two, one, zero, roger! The clock is operating. Were under way. Astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, lifting off aboard the Mercury space capsule Friendship 7. 2003A fire during a

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February 29th, 2008Today is leap day which has one additional day at the calendar year. The extral calendar day is added every four years and has been since 46 B.C. On this day in 1940,Gone With the Wind wins 8 Oscars including best picture at the Ac

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March 2nd, 1877. Republican Rutherford B. Hayes is declared winner of Americas disputed presidential months earlier. Hayes moves into the White House instead of Democrat Samuel J. Tilden who had won the popular vote. 1931. Mikhail Gorbachev, the last

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March 3rd, 1991In Los Angeles, a scene caught on amateur video sparks an outcry in the United States. Police officers severely beat black motorist Rodney King after he is stopped for speeding. The following year, the four white officers charged in th

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March 4th, 1933. In Washington, Franklin D. Roosevelt is sworn in as president. He pledges to lead America out of the Great Depression in his inaugural address. So first of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear

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February 12th, 1809Four score and seven years ago, our fathers brought forth on this Continent a new nation.President Abraham Lincoln, who led the divided United States through the Civil War, is born in present-day Kentucky. Lincoln who opposed slave

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August 2nd, 1964The Pentagon reports the first of two attacks by North Vietnamese torpedo boats on U.S. destroyers in the Gulf of Tonkin. Days later, President Lyndon Johnson orders the first bombing raids on North Vietnamese military installations.

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July 31st, 1964. Ranger VII transmits pictures of the Moon back to Earth before the American space probe smashes on to the lunar surface. 5 years later, the first men set foot on the Moon during NASAs Apollo XI mission. 1777. A young nobleman from Fr

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July 30th 1975Former Teamsters Union president Jimmy Hoffa disappears in suburban Detroit. His son James P. Hoffa: The circumstances involved in the disappearance lead us to the conclusion that we'll never see him again. Although Hoffa is presumed de

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July 28th, 1914Start of World War I as Austria Hungary declares war on Serbia and the rest of Europes major powers soon join the fighting. War breaks out a month after a Serb nationalist assassinates Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife in

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July 27th, 1953. In Asia, the Korean War ends after more than three years of fighting, with an armistice signed at Panmunjom. President Dwight Eisenhower tells Americans. We think of those who were called upon to lay down their lives in that far-off

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July 25th, 1956Disaster and rescue on the High Seas of the North Atlantic off the coast of New England. The Italian liner Andrew Adoria collides with the Swedish passenger ship Stockholm, killing at least 51 people. Most on board the Andrew Adoria su

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July 24th, 1974. What Ive stated from the beginning to be the truth has been the truth. In Washington, the US Supreme Court weighs in on the Watergate Scandal. It says President Richard Nixon must turnover subpoenaed White House tape recordings sough

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July 23rd 1967Black day in July, Motor City madness has touched the countryside.A week of race-related rioting erupts in Detroit, following a police raid on an after-hours club. The violence kills 43 people and injuries more than 1,000 others, destro

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August 3rd, 1492. Explorer Christopher Columbus sets sail from Spain on his first voyage across the Atlantic that takes him to the present day Americas. 1914. Europe deepens its descent into World War I as Germany declares war on France just days aft

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August 5th, 1962. You never felt anything for anybody in your life. All you know is the bad words. You could blow up the world, and all you'd feel is sorry for yourself! Actress Marilyn Monroe is found dead in her Los Angeles home at age 36. Her deat

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August 6th, 1945. For the first time a nuclear weapon is used in warfare. The United States drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan during World War II. The blast and its aftermath kill an estimated 140,000 people. President Harry Truman: We have us

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