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The Summer of Love
On June 18th, 1967, the Monterey Pop Festival reached its successful climactic day with memorable performances by Janis Joplin, The Grateful Dead, The Who, The…
Magna Carta, Magnum Opus
Fresh off a happy American Invasion of England this past weekend, June 15th, 1215, Old King John granted a charter of liberties under threat of…
Slaying Dragons
On June 9th, 1954, Sen. Joseph McCarthy (R-WI) was firmly rebuffed and eventually finished by courtly U.S. Army general counsel Joseph Welch on national television,…
The Fall of Others From Like State of Bliss: Peace, and Paradise, Lost Now Forever . . . .
On this day in 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) is fatally wounded by a gun shot to the head following his victory in the…
Operation Dynamo and the Miracle That Was Dunkirk
On June 4th, 1940, Operation Dynamo, universally known as the Miracle at Dunkirk, came to an official close; nearly a quarter-million Allied troops were saved…
Live From the Mouth of the South: Ted Turner and the Birth of Cable News
On June 1st, 1980, upstart media mogul Ted Turner launches CNN, the world’s first 24-hour news network; journalism, politics, circadian rhythms and planet earth would…
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