Seth Altman
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January 20, 2025 is a day with a lot of historical significance. 1. Inauguration of the 47th President of the U.S. 2. Martin Luther King Jr. Day 3. The Wannsee Conference - 1942 Look up some or any of these events.
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#OTD in 1945, the International Military Tribunal at Nuremberg was opened. Twenty-four leading Nazi officials were tried in front of a panel of judges from each of the four major Allied countries—France, Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States.
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On this date - August 6, 1945 - U.S. drops an atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
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The United States becomes the first and only nation to use atomic weaponry during wartime when it drops an atomic bom...
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📷📷 Attention Class of 2025 students!! We are selling Senior Sunrise blankets to help offset the cost of prom. To order fill out the attached form and drop it off, with cash or check (made out to Yorktown CSD) in a sealed envelope, to Sports Barn by August 14th. Thank you!
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July 20, 1969. One small step for man as the US lands on the moon.
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Thank you to Better Together, representing the Holocaust Museum in Rockland and The Haverstraw African American Connection, for presenting to our 10th graders today. Your message of tolerance and understanding is so important right now. @YHSDeGennaro
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Today we honour the memories of all the lives lost on this day in 1960, when white police in apartheid South Africa killed over 80 black people and wounded 186 on what is known as the Sharpville Massacre. -Thread-
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A great educational experience today…21 students visited the @MJHnews to learn more about the Holocaust. Thanks to Mrs. Walsh and Mrs. Knopp for chaperoning this great group of students. @YHSDeGennaro
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Great news story that fits into our Cold War unit!!!
BREAKING: China to send two pandas to the San Diego Zoo as an act of 'panda diplomacy' towards the United States
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On This Date - February 22, 1980. The Miracle on Ice.
The greatest pregame speech in coaching history happened 44 years ago today. The US team shocks the Russians, goes on to win gold.
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#OTD 82 years ago, 15 Nazi leaders and German government officials gathered for a meeting in Wannsee, a suburb of Berlin. They met to discuss the coordination necessary for the mass murder of European Jews. No one questioned whether such a plan should be undertaken.
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Happy Festivus!!
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Today marks the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. This year’s theme is freedom, equality, and justice for all. #HumanRightsDay2023
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The 1948 #GenocideConventionestablishes a duty for states to prevent and punish #genocide. Today we remember the #victims of all genocides, the success of the legal norms that the convention created, but also the necessity of ensuring these articles are upheld by all.
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OTD 11/22/1963 - 60 years ago , President John F Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas Texas .
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Whether we call it Veterans Day, Armistice Day, or Remembrance Day…. Thank you to all who have served and sacrificed for our country. (1/2).
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