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A women's march in the United States in 1970. (Skydancingblog.com) On this day in 1973, the American Supreme Court voted 7-2 in favour of legalizing abortion in all 50 US states following the landmark Roe v. Wade case. In December of 1971, a Texas woman - using the name Jane Roe - had challenged a…
An IDF Chieftain tank rolles past destroyed Egyptian military vehicles. (Popular Historia.se) In the late 1960s and early 1970s, Israel was an emerging power player in Middle Eastern politics. Although surrounded by relatively unfriendly neighbours (Egypt, Syria, and Jordan), the small Mediterranean nation had held its own in local conflicts since 1948 with the aid…
Nixon, centre, entangled in a metaphorical web of lies and deception during the 1972-74 Watergate Scandal. (source: Flickr) On this day in 1973 American President Richard Nixon reassured the public that "I am not a crook" - right after pressuring Solicitor General Robert Bork to fire the Special Prosecutor investigating Nixon for obstruction of justice.…
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