1949 2007 IN MEMORY OF CHAUNCEY BAILEY JR. WHO, WITH DIGNITY AND DEDICATION TO JOURNALISM, SERVED AS SOMEONE WHO PRIORITIZED THE VOICES OF THE BLACK COMMUNITY IN OAKLAND, CA.
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Wabash, IN: First Electrically Lighted City in the World and home to an Honest Abe statue. Submitted by MSKaltenmark
The pioneering Beatrice Worsley (1921-1972) wrote software for the first commercially-available computer, the Ferranti Mark I, at U of T in the 1950s. She’s the latest recipient of a Legacy plaque...
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GAY RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS July 4,1965-1969 Annual public demonstra- tions for gay and lesbian equality were held at Independence Hall. These peaceful protests and New York's Stonewall riots in...
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Shelby Farms Park has a rich history as the former site of the Shelby County Penal Farm Across the slough used to be the largest ground silo in North America. It was so large that trucks and...
AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING WE REMEMBER THEM Submitted by @bthubbard
"Buck lived at a big house in the sun-kissed Santa Clara Valley. Judge Miller's place, it was called. It stood back from the road, half hidden among the trees, through which glimpses could be...
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