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The only number retired across all of major league baseball belongs to Jackie Robinson—a civil rights pioneer on and off the field—born on this day in 1919 in Cairo, Georgia. 📸: Library of Congress
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Revisit the life of the Georgia peanut farmer who rose to become our 39th president. Now is the last chance to stream JIMMY CARTER on YouTube 👇 https://t.co/WiHwGWkxmo
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On January 29, 2002, President George W. Bush drew new dividing lines in geopolitics, using the phrase "axis of evil" to describe countries like Iran, Iraq, and North Korea and other "regimes that sponsor terror", in his first State of the Union. 📸:(Eric Draper/White House)
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Once upon a midnight dreary, 180 years ago today, Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven" was published in the New York Evening Mirror. Though the poem may appear supernatural, Poe took inspiration from the tragic events of his own life. https://t.co/4vxTQu6krJ
theconversation.com
Is the writer’s appeal less about the power and complexity of his prose, and more about the view of him as a perennial underdog?
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Meet one of the most influential—yet least known—figures of the civil rights movement. FORGOTTEN HERO: WALTER WHITE AND THE NAACP premieres February 25 at 9/8c on @PBS → https://t.co/IK9JXe1h8k
#ForgottenHeroPBS
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The last monarch to rule over the American colonies, King George III died on this day in 1820 after sixty years on the throne—the longest of England's male monarchs. https://t.co/OhkKKfeckr
pbs.org
King George III saw the relationship of Britain and America as that of a parent to a child and asserted his claim on the colonies strenuously.
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Uncover a hidden chapter in our nation's history. AMERICAN COUP: WILMINGTON 1898 is now streaming on YouTube 👇 https://t.co/jU2tarYEdF
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On this day in 1986, the Space Shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after taking off, killing its seven crew members: Ellison Onizuka, Christa McAuliffe, Gregory Jarvis, Judith Resnik, Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, and Ronald McNair. 📸: @NASA
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On January 28, 1977, the "Blizzard of '77" hit Western New York. When the snow finally melted, it unearthed a toxic secret beneath the surface of Love Canal, NY. #PoisonedGroundPBS, is now streaming on YouTube, https://t.co/snLBcRslON and the @PBS app. → https://t.co/DmrmqjRFkQ
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After nearly five years of negotiations, on January 27, 1973, delegates signed the Paris Peace Accords, calling for a ceasefire in Vietnam and the withdrawal of U.S. troops. https://t.co/fZzPRHymk5
pbs.org
The United States and Hanoi agreed to enter into preliminary peace talks in Paris in 1968.
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On January 27, 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent that would revolutionize the world, for his "Electric-Lamp". Although the "Wizard of Menlo Park" hadn't invented the electric light, his innovations made it practical, safe, and reliable for the first time.
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Today is International #HolocaustRemembranceDay, held on the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau eighty years ago today. Explore how Americans responded to the horrors unfolding in Europe, from @holocaustmuseum 👇 https://t.co/gNZdMHSe6v
exhibitions.ushmm.org
This exhibition examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and genocide.
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The sensational 1924 trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two well-heeled Chicago students who committed a brutal crime, created a national sensation. Uncover the shocking story in THE PERFECT CRIME, now streaming 👇 https://t.co/T8ee8oo8nt
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On January 26, 2005, the Senate confirmed Condoleezza Rice as Secretary of State by a vote of 85-13, making her the first Black woman to serve as the nation's chief diplomat. 📸: (Eric Draper/George W. Bush White House)
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Bessie Coleman, the first African American woman and the first woman of Native American descent to hold a pilot's license, was born on January 26, 1892 in Atlanta, Texas. https://t.co/WN0bVUzMPO
pbs.org
When she decided she wanted to learn to fly, Bessie Coleman traveled abroad to become the first African American female pilot.
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Seven months after the trial began, on January 25, 1971, cult leader Charles Manson and three of his followers were found guilty of the 1969 murders of actress Sharon Tate and six others. https://t.co/afYN2HkUqZ
vox.com
The Manson Family murders were about power, entitlement, and Hollywood.
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Did you know that the first Emmy Awards ceremony, held on this day in 1949, was devoted specifically to Los Angeles-based programming? https://t.co/96YH4LwgEa
televisionacademy.com
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On January 25, 1890, the world watched as a young reporter named Nellie Bly returned home 72 days after taking off to beat the fictional "record" set in Jules Verne's novel "Around the World in Eighty Days". https://t.co/oHNqb6aAo5
pbs.org
Read more about Nellie's race around the world, as told by the adventurous traveler herself.
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On January 25, 1776, the Continental Congress approved a monument to Revolutionary War hero General Richard Montgomery, placed in St. Paul's Chapel in Manhattan. It was the first national monument. Learn more about the general and the monument → https://t.co/xYGrTBquKc
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With her slogan "Unbought and Unbossed," Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm launched her campaign for the Democratic nomination for President on January 25, 1972. Watch her historic announcement 👇 https://t.co/sEzHy15OgY
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