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Martin Luther King, Jr was one of the greatest leaders, and fought for equality and civil rights for all races of people. He received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 and was assassinated four years later during a visit to Memphis, to support striking black garbage collectors. James Earl Ray was arrested and convicted of the killing, but there are several conspiracy theories that say he was innocent.

His often quoted “I Have A Dream” speech was delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963 during the “March on Washington”. Source: Martin Luther King, Jr: The Peaceful Warrior, Pocket Books, NY 1968

Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came as a joyous daybreak to end the long night of captivity. But one hundred years later, we must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.

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RICHMOND, Va. - A new round of DNA tests that death penalty opponents believed might finally prove that an innocent man was executed in the United States confirmed instead that Roger Keith Coleman was guilty when he went to the electric chair in 1992. (Read on …)

An excavation project on the Syrian-Iraqi border has uncovered an ancient settlement believed to be settled 8,000 years ago.
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The rotation of the Earth on its axis and its orbit around the Sun have served as the basis for timekeeping since the dawn of history. The day was divided into 24 hours, each of 60 minutes, each of 60 seconds.

2005 December 31 23h 59m 58s

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A rich vein of city records from Sept. 11, including more than 12,000 pages of oral histories rendered in the voices of 503 firefighters, paramedics, and emergency medical technicians, were made public on Aug. 12. The New York Times has published all of them.

NSFW.

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Using Google maps to highlight submissions from witnesses and survivors of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center towers in New York City. Submissions include photos taken and personal accounts of the attacks.

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For the first time since the 1970s, a NASA spacecraft will get clear pictures of Apollo relics on the Moon. In 2008 NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter will carry a powerful modern camera into low orbit over the Moon’s surface.read more | digg story

In a Vanity Fair exclusive interview, W. Mark Felt, formerly second-in-command at the F.B.I., says “I’m The Guy They Called Deep Throat”. Deep Throat was the informant for Woodward and Bernstein that brought President Nixon down, and his true identity has been a mystery for three decades and the subject of much speculation.

“Deep Throat, the secret source whose insider guidance was vital to The Washington Post’s groundbreaking coverage of the Watergate scandal, was a pillar of the FBI named W. Mark Felt, The Post confirmed.” washingtonpost.com — Watergate, Deep Throat, Woodward, Bernstein

It is entertaining to read people’s theories on who they thought Deep Throat was. People have done college studies and written books that are all wrong and can be moved to the fiction section now.