Inspired by the Watts Rebellion, Maulana Karenga founds Kwanzaa. Abraham Lincoln orders the largest mass execution in American history. The Indian Ocean tsunami kills 250,000. And Simone Biles’ place as the most decorated gymnast in history is solidified with her third Athlete of the Year award. It’s This Date in History for December 26.
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Electric Christmas tree lights are invented. Shani Davis makes speed-skating history. Richard Reid becomes the “shoe bomber.” AIDS gets its first Hollywood look through “Philadelphia.” Suffragette minister Anna Howard Shaw refuses to pay taxes. Learn about This Day in History for December 22.
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South Carolina secedes, triggering the Confederacy. Early glimpses of Adolf Hitler’s danger. Max Robinson takes a stand for HIV and AIDS awareness after his passing. Afghan women are banned from universities under the Taliban. It’s December 20 in history, curated by MainStream MultiMedia.
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From the lavender scare to the APA’s reclassification of homosexuality, to the Georgia election workers determined to be defamed by Donald Trump’s former attorney Rudy Giuliani, take a look at historical progressive and intersectional events on December 15. It’s This Day in History, curated by MainStream MultiMedia.
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Adam Peters in Davenport and Cody Smith in Des Moines WERE Democrats primarying Democrats and examples of the “David Hogg effect” hitting Iowa. Smith’s incumbent opponent, Ruth Ann Gaines, has since announced she will retire rather than seek re-election.
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Out Sports Quad Cities, the nonprofit LGBTQ+ sports league that drew the interest of hundreds and the actual play of dozens, vows to continue despite a leadership fallout enacted largely through social media.
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Ernie Davis becomes the first Black Heisman Trophy winner, Native American Heritage Day is created, the last of the Silent Sentinel suffragettes are freed, and more. It’s This Day in History for November 28, curated by MainStream MultiMedia.
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Learn about the good news about transgender safety and acceptance — and the two dozen events happening throughout Illinois, Iowa, and nearby states to honor the Transgender Day of Remembrance.
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Did you know a woman first patented the windshield wiper in 1903? Plus, Walt Disney becomes the FBI’s special source, “Sesame Street” transforms education, and the Silent Sentinels lobby the president for women’s right to vote, in This Day in History for November 10 by MainStream MultiMedia
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Artwork that is accessible to the “visually diverse” is on display tonight in Fairfield, Ia., as part of “Visual Spectrums” and the Fairfield First Fridays art walk.
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