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America: The Last Best Hope

Today is Friday, June 12, 2026
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Misc. History
1812 - Napoleon's invasion of Russia began.

1935 - At age 17, Ella Fitzgerald recorded her first songs. The two songs were "Love and Kisses" and "I'll Chase the Blues Away."

1987 - U.S. President Reagan publicly challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall.

1989 - Graceland opened the Elvis Presley Autoland Museum, which contains over 20 cars owned by Presley.

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Men their rights and nothing more; women their rights and nothing less.
- Suan B. Anthony





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