Tag: government

  • Document: MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech

    Document: MLK’s ‘I Have A Dream’ Speech

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    Morgan O’Brien

    I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.  Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand today, signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as…

  • March On Washington

    March On Washington

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    Morgan O’Brien

    The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was a historic event that took place on August 28, 1963. It was a massive civil rights demonstration that brought over 250,000 people to the nation’s capital to demand equal rights for all Americans. The March on Washington was organized by a…

  • Viking I

    Viking I

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 20, 1975, the Viking 1 was successfully launched.

  • Cyprus Becomes A Republic

    Cyprus Becomes A Republic

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 16, 1960, Cyprus became an independent republic.

  • Macbeth Becomes King

    Macbeth Becomes King

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 15, 1057, Macbeth, the infamous King of Scotland, was killed in battle.

  • Atlantic Charter

    Atlantic Charter

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 14, 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt issued the Atlantic Charter.

  • Mae Krier

    Mae Krier

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    Morgan O’Brien

    Mae Krier was a Rosie the Riveter.

  • RBG Sworn In

    RBG Sworn In

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 10, 1943, Ruth Bader Ginsburg was sworn in as an Associate Supreme Court Justice.

  • Nixon Resigns

    Nixon Resigns

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 8, 1974, Richard Nixon announced his resignation from office.

  • Petit and the Twin Towers

    Petit and the Twin Towers

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    Morgan O’Brien

    August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit’s did his high wire act between the twin towers