Category: 1960s
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History Daily– November 13, 2025. FREE ACCESS
History Daily with Francis Chappell Black Nov 13, 2025 Mordecai Brown of the Chicago Cubs, 1903. Mordecai Brown, nicknamed “Three Finger” due to a childhood farm injury, was a dominant pitcher in the early 1900s. He was a key player for the Chicago Cubs, leading their pitching staff to two World Series championships in 1907…
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The War They Waged: Viet Cong Women at War
Image: A Viet Cong guerrilla stands guard in the Mekong Delta. “You could find women like her almost everywhere during the war,” said the photographer. “She was only 24 years old but had been widowed twice. Both her husbands were soldiers. I saw her as the embodiment of the ideal guerrilla woman, who’d made great sacrifices…
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FREE ACCESS-History Daily-June 26, 2025
Today’s Photographs – Enjoy!!! Image: An Armenian woman is seen kneeling beside her dead child in a field within sight of help and the safety of Aleppo, Syria, during the Armenian Genocide, 1915. #ArmenianGenocide https://amzn.to/4kZljyT Image: Two students sharing a rocking chair at Macalester College, Minnesota. 1890s. #America1890s https://amzn.to/4lpOZFm Both images: Mata Hari – The…
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The Beatles departed from London’s Heathrow Airport, destined for America, with 4,000 jubilant fans waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. February 7, 1964.
Image: The Beatles arriving in New York, 7 February 1964. (Public Domain) On this day in history, February 7, 1964, the British singing group, the Beatles, departed from London’s Heathrow Airport with 4,000 jubilant fans waving and screaming as the aircraft took off. Upon landing at New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport, a boisterous crowd…
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South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive. February 1, 1968.
Image: Eddie Adams’ photograph “Saigon Execution” showing the moment Nguyễn Văn Lém is shot by Nguyễn Ngọc Loan On this day in history, February 1, 1968, South Vietnamese General Nguyen Ngoc Loan, in charge of the national police, executes assumed Viet Cong officer Nguyen Van Lem on a Saigon street early in the Tet Offensive.…
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Conjoined Twins Daisy and Violet Hilton Died in Charlotte, North Carolina, Due to the Hong Kong Flu. January 4, 1969.
Image: Daisy and Violet Hilton, 1927. (Public Domain) On this day in history, January 4, 1969, conjoined twins Daisy and Violet Hilton died in Charlotte, North Carolina, due to the Hong Kong flu. Born on February 5, 1908, in Brighton, England, to an unmarried barmaid named Kate Skinner, the twins were born joined at the hips…
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The Birmingham Church Bombing Occurred in Alabama, Killing four young Black Girls. September 15, 1963.
Image: The four girls killed in the bombing (clockwise from top left) Addie Mae Collins (14), Cynthia Wesley (14), Carole Robertson (14), and Carol Denise McNair (11). (Wikimedia Commons.) On this day in history, September 15, 1963, the Birmingham Church bombing occurred when an explosive device detonated prior to Sunday morning services at the 16th…
History Daily With Francis Chappell Black 