Minimum wage and limits to the workday become Fair Labor Standards, economies collapse on Black Thursday and Bloody Friday, Rishi Sunak makes history for the United Kingdom, John Lennon sues, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 24.
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Jackie Robinson becomes the first Black player with a major league organization. Blanche Stuart Scott is the first woman to publicly pilot a plane. The Nazis ban Jews from migrating into Germany. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is sworn in. And more. It’s October 23 in history, part of MainStream’s daily look at This Day in History.
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Learn about the Medicine Lodge Treaty and its devastating impact on three Native American tribes, President Warren Harding’s stance against lynching, the historic March on the Pentagon, and more. It’s Today in History for October 21 from MainStream MultiMedia.
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It’s the day that LGBTQ Center Awareness Day began, and the day when “U=U’ got a big boost. Plus, Saddam Hussein’s trail for crimes against humanity begins. This and more are part of This Day in History for October 19.
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Learn why the Ku Klux Klan caused President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, about the fallout cyclist Lance Armstrong experienced for doping, and the start of Black Poetry Day, The Colbert Report, and the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. Plus more on This Day in History for October. 17.
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Learn about the founding of Planned Parenthood, the historic Million Man March, the Black Power salute by Olympians, Abraham Lincoln’s historic “Peoria speech” against slavery, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 16.
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Learn about the first-ever national “gay” publication, Chaplin’s movie mocking Hitler, the start of the #MeToo Movement, the birth of the Black Panther Party, and more. It’s This Day in History for October 15.
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On this day in history, Martin Luther King, Jr., becomes the youngest man ever to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Anita Bryant receives her legendary pie in the face, a historic march for gay and lesbian rights takes place, and more.
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The October 7 Attacks rocked Israel and the world, President Donald Trump’s first campaign takes a crass turn, Toni Morrison makes history, Elton John “comes out,” and more. It’s This Day in History for October 7.
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Two groups form to support reading and writing, Matthew Shepard is left to die in a Wyoming field, Simone Biles becomes the top female gymnast in history, and the Rev. Troy Perry holds the first-ever gathering of what would become the Metropolitan Community Church. Plus more historical happenings on October 6.
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