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Nov. 25 – In 1986, the Iran-Contra affair erupted as President Reagan and Attorney General Edwin Meese…
Nov. 26 – In 1942, President Roosevelt ordered…
Nov. 27 – In 1973, the Senate voted 92-3 to confirm Gerald R. Ford as vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who’d resigned.
Nov. 28 – In 1943, President Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin met in Tehran during World War II…
Nov. 18 – In 1976, Spain’s parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.
Nov. 19 – In 1863, President Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address as he dedicated a national cemetery at the site of the Civil War battlefield in Pennsylvania.
Nov. 20 – In 1945, 24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany….
Nov. 21 – n 1995, the presidents of three rival Balkan states agreed to make peace in Bosnia, ending nearly four years of terror and ethnic bloodletting that have left a quarter of a million people dead in the worst war in Europe since World War II…
Nov. 22 – In 1963, President Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas…
Nov. 24 – In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded…

Classification of Omicron (B.1.1.529): SARS-CoV-2 Variant of Concern by World Health Organization

November 28, 2021

https://youtu.be/5KPpskbCFmY The Omicron variant just might be the scariest version of COVID yet. The WHO…
By Lawrence Walker
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Kyle Rittenhouse found not guilty of killing two people at Black Lives Matter protest in Kenoshaby by Jordan Hayne

November 19, 2021

LIVE: Kyle Rittenhouse Acquitted On All Charges | NBC News https://youtu.be/iDR_IofndLo A Wisconsin jury on…
By Lawrence Walker
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Sept. 4, 1875: Clinton, Mississippi Massacre by Zinn Education Project

October 26, 2021

The Clinton, Mississippi Massacre 1875 https://youtu.be/pl_1BXsC0zE The Clinton Riot began on September 4, 1875, in…
By Lawrence Walker
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Remembering Lucille Désirée Ball

December 05, 2021

https://youtu.be/xQR5BzN4EKg Along with having Dolly Pardon, Henry Winkler, and Stacy Weitzerman as guests for her…
By Lawrence Walker
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Remembering Josephine Baker

December 05, 2021

https://youtu.be/LbjSZSuIfRk The Life and Sad Ending of Josephine Baker. Mini bio of the life of…
By Lawrence Walker
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Mary Parker Foundation

October 16, 2021

https://youtu.be/ZrzsDZST_i8 “Every day is an opportunity to ignite the potential of the next generation. This…
By Lawrence Walker
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U.S. Open: Emma Raducanu Defeats Leylah Fernandez for the Title by Ben Rothenberg

September 11, 2021

Emma Raducanu wins the US Open https://youtu.be/vNQyi5w1TeQ At the end of her remarks during the…
By Lawrence Walker
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