Today in History

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That’s why they are The Greatest Generation

 

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Robert Johnson born in 1911.

 

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May 13, 1972 the Greyhound bus accident at Bean Station on Bloody 11W.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/HAR7305.pdf

1972 Bean Station bus-truck collision - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

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MAY 14

 

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I can get behind that.

 

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I was visiting my brother in Portland just before the eruption happened. We were driving and stopped at an overlook. My brother took a picture of me holding my hand just below Mt St Helens. Feels eerie to this day.

 

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On this day, May 20th, 1834, the Marquis de Lafayette died, the French general who aided the American Revolution and championed liberty across continents.

 

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Happy 230 Birthday to the Great State of Tennessee.

Admitted to the Union June 1, 1796

 

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Remembering Model/Actress Marilyn Monroe on what would have been her 100th Birthday.

Born Norma Jean Mortenson on this day June 1, 1926. Marilyn passed away at 36 years old on August 4, 1962.

 

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June 4th, the first day of the battle of Midway

 

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June 5, 196
Robert F. Kennedy shot
Assassination of Robert F. Kennedy - Wikipedia

 

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I read this in Luz’s impression of Colonel Sink in Band of Brothers

 

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