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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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TIM MAGUIRE

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Billy Graham (William Franklin Graham Jr.)
(November 7, 1918 – February 21, 2018)


Rev. Graham was an American
evangelist, a prominent evangelical Christian figure, and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who
became well known internationally in the late 1940s. One of his biographers has placed him "among the most influential Christian leaders"
of  the 20th century.

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LINCOLN ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1860

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Abraham Lincoln was elected the 16th president of the United
States over a deeply divided Democratic Party, becoming the
first Republican to win the presidency. Lincoln received only
40 percent of the popular vote but handily defeated the three
other candidates: Southern Democrat
John C. Breckinridge, Constitutional Union candidate John Bell, and Northern
Democrat Stephen Douglas, a U.S. senator for
Illinois.

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FDR RE-ELECTED FOR A THIRD TERM IN 1940

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On November 5, 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was re-elected
for an unprecedented third term as president of the United States.

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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MIKE GRACIA

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1948

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1947

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HISTORY WAS MADE ON THIS DAY

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ED DANAHUE

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Dec 15: Johnny Cash released the single Folsom Prison Blues in 1955 | Born To Listen

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On This Day: Johnny Cash Performs Live for the Final Time in 2003

John R. Cash
(born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003)


Johnny Cash is one of the
best-selling music artists of all time,
having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. His genre-
spanning music embraced
country, rock and roll, rockabilly,
blues, folk, and gospel sounds. This crossover appeal earned
him the rare honor of being inducted into the
Country Music,
Rock and Roll, and Gospel Music Halls of Fame. His music
career was dramatized in the 2005 biopic Walk the Line
. A
trademark all-black stage wardrobe earned him the
nickname
“The Man in Black”.
 

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