History in 6 Words: April 2017

History in 6 Words

Saturday, April 29, 2017

1992

"No justice, no peace."

L.A. erupts.

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Labels: History in 6 Words, LA Riots, Rodney King

Friday, April 28, 2017

1967

Becoming the Greatest, Champ won't fight.

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Labels: Ali Refuses Draft, Ali Refuses Induction, History in 6 Words

Thursday, April 27, 2017

1945

Fascist found in disguise.

Tomorrow: Arrivederci

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Labels: Duce in Disguise, History in 6 Words, Mussolini Arrested

Wednesday, April 26, 2017

1933

Gestapo born.

Jackboots goose step.

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Labels: 1933, Gestapo, History in 6 Words

Tuesday, April 25, 2017

404 BC

The 300 win.

Sparta defeats Athens.

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Labels: April 25, Athens, History in 6 Words, Peoloponnesian War, Sparta

Monday, April 24, 2017

1918

First tanks.

Dash, clash....

and crash.

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Labels: 1918, April 24, History in 6 Words, tanks, World War 1

Sunday, April 23, 2017

1985

New Coke released.

Canned shortly thereafter.

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Labels: 1985, Coke, History in 6 Words, New Coke

Saturday, April 22, 2017

April 22

Marching for science.

Saving future history.

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1954

Army battles
McCarthy.

First TV bouts.

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Labels: 1954, History in 6 Words, Joseph McCarthy, McCarthyism

Friday, April 21, 2017

1918

Red Baron.

Shot down.

By whom?

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Labels: 1918, History in 6 Words, Red Baron, Richthofen, World War I

Thursday, April 20, 2017

1999

Columbine.

Nothing more need be said.

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Labels: 1999, Columbine, History in 6 Words

Wednesday, April 19, 2017

1956

Kelly graces Prince.

Rainier in Monaco.

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Labels: 1956, Grace Kelly, History in 6 Words, Monaco, Prince Rainier

Tuesday, April 18, 2017

1942

Doolittle raids

Japan.

Does a lot!

I knew him. Navigator 3. RIP.

Lt. Charles Ozuk

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Labels: 1942, Charles Ozuk, Doolittle Raid, History in 6 Words

Monday, April 17, 2017

1961

Cuban Bay

invaded.

Pigs didn't fly.

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Labels: 1961, Bay of Pigs, Cuba, History in 6 Words

Sunday, April 16, 2017

1963

Outsider rights.

Letter from Birmingham jail.

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Labels: 1963, History in 6 Words, Letter from Birmingham jail, Martin Luther King

Saturday, April 15, 2017

1964

Ford unleashes
horse.

Mustang gallops away.

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Labels: 1964, Ford Mustang, History in 6 Words

Friday, April 14, 2017

1939

Depression bears fruit.
Grapes of Wrath.

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Labels: 1939, Depression, Grapes of Wrath, History in 6 Words

Thursday, April 13, 2017

1976

Pass the buck.
Two is new.

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Labels: 1976, History in 6 Words, Two dollar bill

Wednesday, April 12, 2017

1999

Clinton. Removed from
bar. Not saloon.

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Labels: 1999, Bill Clinton, disbarred, History in 6 Words

Tuesday, April 11, 2017

1976

Many bite on the first Apple.

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Labels: Apple I, History in 6 Words

Monday, April 10, 2017

1971

China. America.
Ping pong bounces
diplomacy.

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Labels: America, China, History in 6 Words, Ping Pong Diplomancy

Sunday, April 9, 2017

1959

Lucky seven chosen. Mercury takes off.

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Friday, April 7, 2017

2003

Baghdad falls. The war is over?
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Labels: 2003, Baghdad, History in 6 Words

Thursday, April 6, 2017

1974

Abba meets their Waterloo. Super Troupers.

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Labels: 1974, Abba, History in 6 Words

Wednesday, April 5, 2017

1998

Suspend disbelief. Japanese build the longest.
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Labels: 1998, History in 6 Words, Suspension bridge

Tuesday, April 4, 2017

1975

Microsoft. The world sees through Windows.
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Labels: 1975, History in 6 Words, Microsoft

Monday, April 3, 2017

1968

King. Last view from the mountaintop.
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Labels: 1968, History in 6 Words

Sunday, April 2, 2017

1917

Let's have a World War I.
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Labels: 1917, History in 6 Words, World War I

Saturday, April 1, 2017

2001

Netherlands. Legalizes Same Sex I do's.
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Labels: History in 6 Words, Netherlands 2001, Same sex marriage

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