Ahmaud Arbery is murdered while out jogging
Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, is shot dead by a white father and son while out for a jog i ...View More
"House of Cards," Netflix's first original series, starts streaming
By 2013, Netflix had already fundamentally changed the way Americans consumed movies and television. ...View More
Civil rights protesters beaten in “Bloody Sunday” attack
On March 7, 1965, in Selma, Alabama, a 600-person civil rights demonstration ends in viole ...View More
"The Feminine Mystique" by Betty Friedan is published
Though perhaps not the typical housewife—she had been involved in radical politics from a young age ...View More
First 9-1-1 call is placed in the United States
February 16, 1968 sees the first official "911" call placed in the United States. Now taken for gran ...View More
Harriet Tubman becomes the first African American woman to appear on a U.S. postage stamp
Antislavery crusader and Civil War veteran Harriet Tubman becomes the first African American woman t ...View More
"Nipplegate" controversy at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show
A singular event occurred during the halftime show of the Super Bowl on February 1, 2004. While perf ...View More
WikiLeaks publishes the first documents leaked by Chelsea Manning
On February 18, 2010, a relatively obscure website called WikiLeaks publishes a leaked diplomatic ca ...View More
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman to receive a medical degree
At a graduation ceremony at a church in Geneva, New York on January 23, 1849, Geneva Medical College ...View More
D-Day is called off and postponed until June
June 6, 1944 is considered one of the most pivotal moments in modern history. Better known by its co ...View More
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