I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY- HEADLINES FROM THURSDAY JANUARY 16, 1969
I read the news today- oh boy!- the day was Thursday January 16, 1969– America had beat them to it-the docking of two spaceships in space now the Soviets had […]
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I READ THE NEWS TODAY OH BOY- NEWS HEADLINES FROM FRIDAY JANUARY 3, 1969
Friday January 3, 1969- The notable news of the day in the United States was – it was the opening day for the 91st United States Congress- 15 new members […]
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 […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY–JUNE 21, 1968-CHIEF JUSTICE OF THE U.S.SUPREME COURT EARL WARREN ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT
It was fifty years ago today- June 21, 1968- the Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court announced his retirement. A week earlier he had gone to the White […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY- JUNE 19, 1968 THE POOR PEOPLE’S MARCH ON WASHINGTON
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. originally had the idea for a Poor People’s Campaign on Washington, D.C. which would be an effort to gain economic justice for the poor people […]
IT WAS FIFTY YEARS AGO TODAY–SATURDAY JUNE 8, 1968 FOLLOWING FUNERAL IN NEW YORK TRAIN TAKES SENATOR ROBERT KENNEDY FROM NEW YORK TO WASHINGTON, D.C.
On this day June 8, 1968- fifty years ago- following the funeral service at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City- the body of slain Senator Robert Kennedy was taken […]
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