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Marsha P. Johnson
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Marsha P. Johnson

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Marsha P. Johnson was an American LGBTQ activist, sex worker, and performer. Sometimes known as the "Saint of Christopher Street", she is considered an important figure in the LGBTQ and transgender rights movements due to her involvement in the Stonewall riots, her work with Street Transvestite Action Revolutionaries (…

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Carl Reiner
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Carl Reiner was an American actor, author, comedian, director and screenwriter whose career spanned seven decades. His a…

Joseph James DeAngelo
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Joseph James DeAngelo
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Joseph James DeAngelo Jr. is an American serial killer, serial rapist, and former police officer known as the Golden Sta…

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On This Day

10 events
2015
Indonesian_Air_Force
An Indonesian Air Force military transport aircraft (pictured) crashed near a residential neighborhood in Medan, killing 139 people.
2009
Yemenia_Flight_626
Yemenia Flight 626 crashed into the Indian Ocean near the Comoros, killing 152 people, with French schoolgirl Bahia Bakari the sole survivor.
1989
Peachtree_25th_Building_fire
A building fire in Atlanta killed five people.
1985
Ryan_White
Ryan White, an HIV/AIDS patient in the U.S., was denied re-admission to his school after he had contracted the disease from hemophilia treatments.
1974
Baltimore
Municipal workers in Baltimore, Maryland, went on strike seeking higher wages and better conditions.
1966
National_Organization_for_Women
The National Organization for Women, a leading United States feminist organization, was founded in Washington, D.C.
1963
Coronation_of_Pope_Paul_VI
The coronation of Pope Paul VI took place, the last such ceremony before its abandonment by later popes.
1960
Belgian_Congo
The Belgian Congo gained independence from colonial rule, beginning a period of instability that would lead to the dictatorship of Joseph-Désiré Mobutu.
1934
Adolf_Hitler
German chancellor Adolf Hitler began a purge of the paramilitary wing of the Nazi Party and other political rivals, executing at least 85 people.
1905
Nadir_of_American_race_relations
Nadir of American race relations: A mob of white Americans killed eight people in Oconee County, Georgia, as part of a mass lynching.

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