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Auschwitz was liberated on
#ThisDayinHistory 75 years ago—freeing thousands of prisoners and finally revealing to the world the depth of the horrors perpetrated there. http://bit.ly/2Rxin16 -
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Rosa Parks, sometimes called the "mother of the civil rights movement," was born on
#ThisDayinHistory 1913. Explore her extraordinary life and legacy. http://bit.ly/2RZ4w45 -
John Tyler, the 10th U.S. president, died on
#ThisDayinHistory 1862. His New York Times obituary noted that he had left the presidency as “the most unpopular public man that had ever held any office in the United States." http://bit.ly/2R4aD6K -
The space shuttle Challenger exploded 73 seconds after takeoff on
#ThisDayinHistory 1986. Seven people lost their lives. Was the tragedy preventable? http://bit.ly/2Rz8rEp -
#ThisDayinHistory 1493: Christopher Columbus mistakes manatees for mermaids. He describes them as "not half as beautiful as they are painted." http://bit.ly/39VvXT9 -
Hattie Wyatt Caraway of Arkansas became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate on
#ThisDayinHistory 1932. http://bit.ly/30g4041 -
On
#ThisDayinHistory 1964, the U.S. Surgeon General made a bombshell announcement: there is a definitive link between smoking and cancer. Just 20 years earlier doctors were used to sell cigarettes. http://bit.ly/2uA6Bdn -
Born a peasant in a small French village on
#ThisDayinHistory 1412, Joan of Arc rose up to lead her country in the Hundred Years' War. http://bit.ly/2rXhAN6 -
Despite his macabre literary genius, Edgar Allan Poe—born on
#ThisDayinHistory 1809—lived a short and largely unhappy life. http://bit.ly/361jDhe -
Paying homage to Steve McQueen and his too-cool Bullitt Mustang today. What was your favorite Steve McQueen movie?
#Thisdayinhistory pic.twitter.com/zBvIXXIXA8
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#ThisDayInHistory 1942, the#Wannsee Conference was held in Germany, in which Nazis made plans for the ‘Final Solution'. Today, as we mark 75 years since liberation of Auschwitz,#Antisemitism is again at record levels across Europe. We must commit to#SayNoToHate &#NeverAgain!pic.twitter.com/00ufEHjqcO
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#ThisDayinHistory 1929: Martin Luther King, Jr. is born. Get an inside look at the civil rights leader during some of his biggest moments, including "I Have a Dream" and the Selma to Montgomery marches. http://bit.ly/2QUZFQZ -
The 18th Amendment, banning the production and sale of alcohol, was ratified on
#ThisDayinHistory 1919; Prohibition went into effect one year later. The country's 13-year dry spell spurred the rise of organized crime. http://bit.ly/2TwgiUz -
President Nixon, who secretly recorded some 3,700 hours of his conversations, refused to hand over tapes that had been subpoenaed by the Senate Watergate Committee on
#ThisDayinHistory 1974. http://bit.ly/2MY3p1M -
Jack Ruby died while awaiting trial on
#ThisDayinHistory 1967. He shot and killed JFK assassin Lee Harvey Oswald in what the Warren Commission called an act of spontaneous revenge. http://bit.ly/35rOIuk -
Pope Honorius II officially recognized the Catholic military order on
#ThisDayinHistory 1128. What made them so powerful—and so mysterious? http://bit.ly/2uKe1em -
The iPhone, which debuted on
#ThisDayinHistory 2007, was never meant to herald the future. It was just meant to be a really well-designed phone. http://bit.ly/2sToYtD -
Happy birthday to both
#ElvisPresley and#DavidBowie. That’s right. Both born on January 8. Apparently a good day for music.#thisdayinhistory#musicpic.twitter.com/5UlbQk5SHl
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Winston Churchill, the British prime minister who saw the country through WWII, died on
#ThisDayinHistory 1965. Not only was he a brilliant politician and military leader, he was a Nobel Prize-winning author. http://bit.ly/2RlZChk -
Oil first started gushing in Texas on
#ThisDayinHistory 1901, signaling the start of a new U.S. industry—and a new chapter in America. http://bit.ly/2TiDHZw .
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