Thursday, May 20, 2010

TODAY IN HISTORY

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MAY 20
1961:Jim Zwerg is the first Freedom Rider to exit a bus in Montgomery, Ala., where the group is immediately attacked by a white mob, prompting Attorney General Robert Kennedy to send in U.S. marshals.


1970:
President Richard Nixon’s “silent majority” speaks out as thousands demonstrate in support of Nixon’s Vietnam policy.

1993:
The 275th and final episode of NBC’s Cheers draws an estimated 93 million viewers.
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