I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY- NEWS HEADLINES FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 2, 1969
Thursday January 2, 1969 was a day which had several events in the news worth noting and a couple notable births. In France the government made an announcement that they […]
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IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 20, 1968- 78 COAL MINERS KILLED IN EXPLOSION IN MANNINGTON, WEST VIRGINIA
It was fifty years ago today- November 20, 1968- another terrible coal mining disaster in the state of West Virginia. Seventy- eight coal miners were killed in an explosion […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY- NOVEMBER 14, 1968- YALE UNIVERSITY TO ADMIT WOMEN STUDENTS FOR FIRST TIME
It was fifty years ago today- November 14, 1968- Yale University which had been an all-male university during its 267 year history made the announcement that women would be admitted […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY.. JUNE 24, 1968 THE POOR PEOPLE’S MARCHERS EVICTED FROM NATIONAL MALL
June 24, 1968- fifty years ago today at 11 AM Washington D.C. police enforced the U.S. Department of the Interior order to evict the 300 members of the Poor People’s […]
GEORGE NIXON’S GRAVE [GREAT-GRANDFATHER OF PRESIDENT RICHARD MILHOUS NIXON ] AT GETTYSBURG NATIONAL CEMETERY
Private George Nixon served in the American Civil War as in Company B, 73rd Ohio Voluneer Infantry. He was morally wounded on the second day of the Battle of Gettysburg […]
HARPERS FERRY- WEST VIRGINIA
The view of Harpers Ferry, West Virginia from Maryland Heights is fantastic and worth the 45 minute walk up the mountain to get the view. Harpers Ferry is famous for […]
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