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Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s final day: June 19th, 1953
June 19, 2015At the height of the Cold War anti-communist hysteria, the lives of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg were extinguished. On the anniversary of their executions, their granddaughter has a message.
Read moreTo Mother Emanuel’s Denmark Vesey: your fight goes on!
June 19, 2015Fighting off racist attacks is nothing new for the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston, S.C.
Read moreToday in history: 150th anniversary of Juneteenth
June 19, 2015It honors the day when slaves in Texas heard they had been freed by Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation.
Read moreToday in history: 200 years since the Battle of Waterloo
June 18, 2015Today marks the 200th anniversary of the defeat of Napoleon by the British Duke of Wellington and Prussian field marshal Gebhard Blücher.
Read moreChristopher Lee, 93: the Count bows out
June 16, 2015Lee, whose 70-year career spanned multiple mediums of art and several generations of audiences; his life was nearly as colorful and interesting as his later film roles would be.
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