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19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union

19th January 2021
Tagged as: ACLU, America, Civil Liberties, New York, United States, USA

The organization now boasts more than 1.2 million members and continues to provide legal support where individual rights and liberties are threatened.

Tag: Civil Liberties

19th January 1920: Foundation of the American Civil Liberties Union

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

9th December 1921: Lead identified as a fuel additive to reduce engine knocking in automobiles

8th December 1980: John Lennon murdered outside his New York apartment block by Mark David Chapman

7th December 1972: The Blue Marble photograph taken of the whole Earth

6th December 1956: The ‘Blood in the Water’ Olympic water polo match between the USSR and Hungary

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to lowest point in the Great Depression

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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