Today In History
In 1859: Militant abolitionist John Brown was hanged for his raid on Harper’s Ferry.
In 1942: Scientists first demonstrated a self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction.
In 1954: The Senate voted to condemn Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., for “conduct that tends to bring the Senate into dishonor and disrepute.”
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