
1959: The Dalai Lama Escapes
1959: The Dalai Lama Escapes
The 23-year-old religious and spiritual leader of Tibet gets an invitation from the occupying Chinese to come to a dance... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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6mins

1922: Fatty Arbuckle's Third Trial
1922: Fatty Arbuckle's Third Trial
He's a giant of silent comedies, in more ways than one. Hollywood's first million-dollar star is a baby-faced man-mounta... Read more
13 Mar 2020
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7mins

1918: The Flu Pandemic
1918: The Flu Pandemic
A century before the COVID-19 coronavirus, the United States, like all combatants in the Great War, wants to keep the ex... Read more
11 Mar 2020
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7mins

1964: The Palace Hotel Protest Leader
1964: The Palace Hotel Protest Leader
As an 18-year-old, Tracy Sims was the leader of civil rights protests that forced San Francisco hotels to end hiring dis... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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18mins

1981: Walter Cronkite Signs Off
1981: Walter Cronkite Signs Off
"That's the way it is," says the Most Trusted Man in America — for the last time, as he retires from anchoring the CBS E... Read more
6 Mar 2020
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8mins

1946: Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
1946: Churchill's Iron Curtain Speech
In a college gym in small-town Missouri, former Prime Minister Winston Churchill tries to shake Americans out of their p... Read more
4 Mar 2020
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5mins

1991: The Rodney King Beating
1991: The Rodney King Beating
When a commotion outside his apartment woke George Holliday up at 1 a.m., the plumber grabbed his new camcorder and went... Read more
2 Mar 2020
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6mins

1991: Murder in Porn's First Family
1991: Murder in Porn's First Family
The Mitchell Brothers, Jim and "Party Artie," revolutionized the adult entertainment business, first with their O'Farrel... Read more
28 Feb 2020
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6mins

1965: Malcolm X Suspect Arrested
1965: Malcolm X Suspect Arrested
In the wake of the Fusion and Netflix series "Who Killed Malcolm X?" the New York D.A. has reopened the case of Muhammad... Read more
26 Feb 2020
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6mins

1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
1945: Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima
AP Photographer Joe Rosenthal had one chance to get what would become one of the most iconic pictures in history. He did... Read more
24 Feb 2020
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7mins