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--- 1927: Charles A. Lindbergh landed his plane (The Spirit of St. Louis) in Paris, successfully completing the first solo, nonstop transatlantic flight. This made Lindbergh an international celebrity and an American hero. However, his image was tarnished in October 1938, when Lindbergh accepted the Service Cross of the German Eagle from Hermann Göring, the head of the Luftwaffe and the #2 man in Nazi Germany behind Adolf Hitler.

--- 1881: American Red Cross was founded by Clara Barton.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

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--- 1954: U.S. Supreme Court announced its unanimous decision in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, ruling racial segregation in public schools unconstitutional. Thurgood Marshall was the NAACP's chief legal counsel, arguing for the plaintiffs. Marshall would later become the first Black Supreme Court Justice. The Brown decision overturned the horrendous 1896 Supreme Court decision in Plessy v. Ferguson that stated “separate but equal” segregation was constitutional.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6yoHz9s9JPV51WxsQMWz0d

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--- 1961: A white mob attacked a Greyhound bus outside of Anniston, Alabama. The bus contained "freedom riders". In 1961 a civil rights group called the Congress of Racial Equality (core), organized what came to be known as freedom rides. The freedom rides consisted of Blacks and Whites riding together on interstate buses through the South to protest segregation on busses. On this date the mob threw a firebomb into the bus. Amazingly, the passengers were able to get off, and nobody died, but they were beaten by the mob.

--- "The Civil Rights Movement in the United States". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. After the Civil War, it took a century of protests, boycotts, demonstrations, and legal challenges to end the Jim Crow system of segregation and legal discrimination. Learn about the brave men, women, and children that risked their personal safety, and sometimes their lives, in the quest for Black Americans to achieve equal rights. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify:

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--- link to Apple podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-civil-rights-movement-in-the-united-states/id1632161929?i=1000700680175

 

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--- 1858: Minnesota was admitted as the 32nd state.

--- 1862: During the U.S. Civil War, the Confederates blew up their own ironclad ship, the CSS Virginia (formerly the USS Merrimack). Federal troops were about to capture Gosport Naval Yard and all of the surrounding area. Confederates believed the only viable option was to destroy the ship to keep it from falling into the control of the Union Navy.

--- "the Monitor vs. the Virginia (formerly the Merrimack)". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. The epic first battle between ironclad ships, the Monitor and the Virginia, revolutionized naval warfare forever. Learn about the genius of John Ericsson, who invented the revolving turret for cannons and the screw propeller, and how his innovations helped save the Union in the Civil War. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3HTP3p8SR60tjmRSfMf0IP

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-monitor-vs-the-virginia-formerly-the-merrimack/id1632161929?i=1000579746079

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--- 1940: Case Yellow: Nazi Germany began its invasion of France as well as the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg. Although they were outnumbered by the French and British forces, the Germans quickly defeated the Allies and France surrendered on June 22, 1940.  

--- 1865: Former Confederate President Jefferson Davis was captured in Irwin County, Georgia.

--- "The Fall of France 1940". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. At the start of World War II, France was still a world power. The U.S. and many other nations were relying on the French, along with their ally Britian, to stop Hitler. But in just 6 weeks in May and June 1940, the Germans conquered France, Belgium, and The Netherlands; and drove the British off of continental Europe. The incredibly swift German victory completely changed the balance of power in the world; and woke up the isolationist United States. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3jNwO8kMYZOPpAq76qGTpx

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-fall-of-france-1940/id1632161929?i=1000713272341

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--- 1800: John Brown was born in Torrington, Connecticut. He became famous for leading a raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia (now West Virginia), in an effort to start a slave rebellion. In October 1859, John Brown led 18 men (13 Whites and 5 Blacks) into Harpers Ferry. They seized the arsenal with the hope that local slaves would join the raiders to be armed and then spread throughout Virginia. It was a complete failure. On December 2, 1859, Brown was hanged in Charles Town, Virginia (now West Virginia). He had written a note in his cell which read in part: “I, John Brown, am now quite certain that the crimes of this guilty land will never be purged away but with blood.”

--- "Slavery Caused the US Civil War. Period!" That is the title of the very first episode of my podcast: History Analyzed. Despite what many modern-day discussions would have you believe, the Civil War was about one thing and one thing only – slavery. This episode examines the many ways that the disagreement over slavery between the North and South led to the Civil War. It also refutes once and for all the idea that states rights was the instigating factor. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6W1R75vxTOru9TcdEOGJsc

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/slavery-caused-the-civil-war-period/id1632161929?i=1000568077535

 

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--- 1915: RMS Lusitania (a British ocean liner) was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat. It sank in only 18 minutes. There were approximately 2,000 people on board and around 1,200 people died (128 were Americans). This became one of the rallying cries in the U.S. which eventually led to America entering World War I on the side of the allies in April 1917. In 1982, the U.K. government finally admitted the Lusitania was carrying munitions. 

--- 1954: Dien Bien Phu fell when the French surrendered to the Vietnamese. It marked the end of French colonial rule in Vietnam and led to the partition of the country into North Vietnam and South Vietnam as well as continued conflict until 1975.

--- "How America Stumbled into Vietnam". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. The story of the Vietnam War usually starts with President John Kennedy being assassinated and new President Lyndon Johnson getting the U.S. into a long, unwinnable war from 1964 through 1973. This episode explores what happened before that war: the collapse of the French colony of Indochina, why Vietnam was split into 2 countries of North Vietnam and South Vietnam, why the communists tried to take over the South, and how did America become involved in the quagmire of Vietnam. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7msy3J2VN24reTl2cTM5kd

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/how-america-stumbled-into-vietnam/id1632161929?i=1000639142185

 

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--- 1937: German zeppelin Hindenburg burst into flames as it attempted to dock in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Sadly, 35 passengers and crewmen died, but amazingly, 62 people survived. One member of the ground crew also died.

--- 1882: Chinese Exclusion Act was passed by the U.S. federal government. This is the only U.S. immigration law which ever targeted people from one particular country. Here are the key points of that statute: #1 The law was being passed because "the coming of Chinese laborers to this country endangers the good order of certain localities within the territory thereof". #2 The immigration of any Chinese laborers was suspended. #3 Any Chinese laborers that were already in the United States had to leave within 90 days. However, this did not apply to anybody who was already in the U.S. as of November 17, 1880. #4. Any vessel which brought Chinese laborers into the United States could be fined up to $500 for each and every Chinese laborer and could be imprisoned for up to a year. The Chinese Exclusion Act was finally repealed in 1943 because, in World War II, the U.S. and China were allies against the Axis Powers.

--- 1861: Arkansas became the 9th state to secede from the Union.

--- "The Hindenburg". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. On May 6, 1937, the hydrogen filled zeppelin known as the Hindenburg exploded as it was landing in New Jersey. Surprisingly, 62 of the 97 people on board survived. Experts still argue as to what caused an airship the size of the Titanic to be destroyed in approximately 34 seconds. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4J5RjR2Rgs9Q6gzghpJuGl

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-hindenburg/id1632161929?i=1000752033546

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--- 1970: Ohio National Guardsmen fired into a group of students protesting the Vietnam War at Kent State University in Ohio, killing 4 students, wounding 9 (1 permanently paralyzed). Students Allison Krause, Sandra Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller, and William Schroeder were all killed. The following month, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young released a song titled "Ohio" (written by Neil Young) commemorating and protesting the Kent State shooting.

--- Please listen to my podcast, History Analyzed, on all podcast apps.

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--- 2011: Osama Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Navy Seals in Pakistan.     

--- 1972: FBI director J. Edgar Hoover died.

--- 1957: U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy died. He was only 48 years old. The death certificate listed the cause of death as hepatitis, but in reality McCarthy drank himself to death. Most historians accept that McCarthy died of cirrhosis of the liver from his severe alcohol consumption. The listing of hepatitis as the cause of death was considered a kind gesture. He became famous in the middle of the 20th Century for wild accusations of communists in the U.S. government.

--- 1927: The U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in the case of Buck v. Bell 274 U.S. 200 (1927). The court ruled that, for the welfare of society, a state could involuntarily sterilize people deemed as mental defectives. The opinion by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes stated: "It is better for all the world if, instead of waiting to execute degenerate offspring for crime or to let them starve for their imbecility, society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes.…Three generations of imbeciles are enough."

--- "Immigration, Citizenship, and Eugenics in the U.S." That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. For years all immigrants were allowed into the U.S., but some could not become citizens. Later, certain nationalities were limited or completely banned from entering the U.S. This episode outlines those changes through the 1980s and discusses the pseudoscience of eugenics and how it was used to justify such bigotry and even involuntary sterilizations in the 20th Century. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2q1RWIIUKavHDe8of548U2

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/immigration-citizenship-and-eugenics-in-the-u-s/id1632161929?i=1000670912848

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--- 1931: Empire State Building opened and became the tallest building in the world. It retained that title until the completion of the World Trade Center in 1973.

--- 1898: The Battle of Manila Bay. This was the key naval battle in the Pacific during the Spanish-American War. It was a complete American victory. The entire antiquated Spanish fleet was destroyed; some directly by damage from the American ships; the other Spanish ships had been set on fire and scuttled by their crews so they would not be captured by the Americans. Approximately 381 Spanish sailors or soldiers were killed or wounded during the battle. The Americans suffered only 8 or 9 wounded men. No Americans were killed in the battle of Manila Bay.

--- *"*The Spanish-American War". That is the title of one of the episodes of my podcast: History Analyzed. For a few months in 1898, the United States was at war with Spain. This essentially marked the end of the Spanish Empire and the beginning of the U.S. as a world power. As a result of this brief war, Theodore Roosevelt became president, Cuba became an independent country, Puerto Rico and Guam became American territories, and the U.S. occupied the Philippines for 48 years. That occupation led to the much longer Philippine-American War (1899-1902). You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3txE9yV7dNzi8Le374KpX0

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-spanish-american-war/id1632161929?i=1000747788508