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Posted: Aug 6, 2022 - 7:37am
1945 â World War II: Hiroshima, Japan is devastated when the atomic bomb "Little Boy" is dropped by the United States B-29 Enola Gay. Around 70,000 people are killed instantly, and some tens of thousands die in subsequent years from burns and radiation poisoning.

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Posted: Aug 5, 2022 - 5:11am
1974 â Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon, under orders of the US Supreme Court, releases the "Smoking Gun" tape, recorded on June 23, 1972, clearly revealing his actions in covering up and interfering investigations into the break-in. His political support vanishes completely.

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Posted: Aug 5, 2022 - 5:01am
1957 â American Bandstand, a show dedicated to the teenage "baby-boomers" by playing the songs and showing popular dances of the time, debuts on the ABC television network.

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Posted: Aug 4, 2022 - 7:52am
ScottFromWyoming wrote: Reagan begat

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Posted: Aug 4, 2022 - 7:50am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1987 â The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly". Reagan begat

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Posted: Aug 4, 2022 - 6:56am
1987 â The Federal Communications Commission rescinds the Fairness Doctrine which had required radio and television stations to present controversial issues "fairly".

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Posted: Aug 4, 2022 - 6:53am
1693 â Date traditionally ascribed to Dom Perignon's invention of champagne; it is not clear whether he actually invented champagne, however he has been credited as an innovator who developed the techniques used to perfect sparkling wine.

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Posted: Aug 2, 2022 - 7:37am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1939 â Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon. I've seen that letter (or some version or copy of it) at the Bradbury Science Museum in Los Alamos, NM.

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Posted: Aug 2, 2022 - 6:59am
1939 â Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard write a letter to Franklin D. Roosevelt, urging him to begin the Manhattan Project to develop a nuclear weapon.

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Posted: Aug 2, 2022 - 6:59am
1937 â The Marihuana Tax Act of 1937 is passed in America, the effect of which is to render marijuana and all its by-products illegal.

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Posted: Aug 2, 2022 - 6:58am
1934 â Adolf Hitler becomes FÃ¼hrer of Germany following the death of President Paul von Hindenburg.

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Posted: Aug 1, 2022 - 6:50am
1965 â Frank Herbert's novel, Dune was published for the first time. It was named as the world's best-selling science fiction novel in 2003.

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Posted: Aug 1, 2022 - 6:50am
1942 - Jerry Garcia is born

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Posted: Jul 29, 2022 - 5:40am
1921 â Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.

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Posted: Jul 25, 2022 - 5:03am
2010 â WikiLeaks publishes classified documents about the War in Afghanistan, one of the largest leaks in U.S. military history.

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Posted: Jul 25, 2022 - 5:01am
1965 â Bob Dylan goes electric at the Newport Folk Festival, signaling a major change in folk and rock music.

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Posted: Jul 20, 2022 - 11:46am
Red_Dragon wrote: 1977 â The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments. They didn't do any mind-control experiments on me. They didn't do any mind-control experiments on me. They didn't do any mind-control experiments on me.

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Posted: Jul 20, 2022 - 10:19am
1977 â The Central Intelligence Agency releases documents under the Freedom of Information Act revealing it had engaged in mind-control experiments.

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