The '60s at 60
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A decade of anniversary fatigue.
& what country can preserve it’s liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? - Thomas Jefferson, 1787 #NoKingsDay Transcript: founders.archives.gov/documents/Jeff… Document: loc.gov/item/mtjbib003…
Robert Smalls went from enslaved to war hero — steering a Confederate ship to freedom. Now, South Carolina is honoring his legacy with the first statue of a Black American on its Capitol grounds. A long-overdue tribute to extraordinary courage. 🎥: @CBSEveningNews
Are you ready? It's time for another Casey Kasem American Top 40 flashback #AT40. Let's go back to July 23, 1977. Who will be #1? Listen to Casey on SiriusXM 70s, and follow this 🧵 to find out.
Angry Hitler shouting down German generals: "You do not understand military economics! I do! Moscow doesn't matter- we need oil from the Caucasus."
Theo Kojak notched an impressive win over Lennie Briscoe in today's #TVPoliceDetectives Tournament voting. Now, he will face off against tournament favorite Columbo for the championship on Sunday!
And from the next morning’s New York Times (July 26, 1974) ... a great photo and a wincing paragraph.
“My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution." -- Rep. Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, July 25, 1974
July 26, 1948: President Truman orders desegregation of U.S. military. britannica.com/topic/Executiv…
Sad to hear of the passing of Vernon Dahmer Jr., a man I admired and loved so much. He and five other brothers served a total of 78 years in the armed forces during the Korean and Vietnam eras. He showed me a photograph of him and three brothers, George, Martinez and Alvin. They…
While I served a church in the southern WV community of Kermit, population just over 300, 12 million opioid pills were shipped to its lone pharmacy over 3 yrs Yet we persist in victim blaming those battling addiction, despite knowing how the pharmaceutical industry targeted us
Cleo Laine, considered by many to be the U.K.’s preeminent jazz singer, and an accomplished theater actress in her home country as well as on Broadway, died Thursday at age 97. variety.com/2025/music/new…
Betty White on “Hollywood on Television,” which ran on NBC from 1949 to 1953.
The #WordOfTheDay is ‘sui generis.’ ow.ly/UZVF50WtrXk
The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum has been nominated for Best Attraction for Sports Fans, as part of USA TODAY @10Best Readers’ Choice Awards. Voting ends 8/18/25 at 11:59 pm EDT. Cast your votes for the NLBM at: 10best.usatoday.com/awards/negro-l…
HAPPY 23RD BIRTHDAY TO CAT HEAD in Clarksdale! Thanks to all y'all for your support, Roger. Shop CAT HEAD every day but Thanksgiving & Christmas. Online: cathead.biz PS - Is it too late to spend that quarter? (.25¢ in 2002 is worth .45¢ in today's dollars.)
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“My faith in the Constitution is whole; it is complete; it is total. And I am not going to sit here and be an idle spectator to the diminution, the subversion, the destruction, of the Constitution." -- Rep. Barbara Jordan, Statement on the Articles of Impeachment, July 25, 1974
#TVPoliceDetectives Tournament, Final Four, match-up #2: Columbo vs. Joe Friday (Dragnet). Last match-up for this round.
It's Final Four Friday in the #TVPoliceDetectives Tournament! Voting for today's two match-ups ends at 10:30 pm EDT. Match-up #1 is Lennie Briscoe (Law & Order) vs. Theo Kojak (Kojak):
A spiral in the snake 🐍 Located within the constellation Hydra (the Water Snake), the galaxy NGC 3285B shines from 137 million light-years away. It belongs to the Hydra I cluster, which is one of the largest galaxy clusters in the nearby universe: go.nasa.gov/4kSWYdh