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How the Ali-Frazier 'Fight of the Century' Became a Proxy Battle for a Divided Nation
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7 Critical Civil War Battles
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Velvet Revolution begins in Czechoslovakia
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Ruby Bridges desegregates her school
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Texas passes a bill becoming the first state in the nation to make Juneteenth an official state holiday
A celebration that has persisted for over a century receives its first official recognition on June ...View More
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