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June 13. U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower greets South Vietnam's President Ngo Dinh Diem, whose rise to power was backed by the United States, according to the Pentagon Papers. In a U-turn, the US was then complicit in his assassination in 1963 during the South Vietnamese Coup.  Credit: Department of Defense
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A LCVP (Landing Craft, Vehicle, Personnel) from the U.S. Coast Guard-manned USS Samuel Chase disembarks troops of Company A, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One) wading onto the Fox Green section of Omaha Beach (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France) on the morning of June 6, 1944. American soldiers encountered the newly formed German 352nd Division when landing. During the initial landing two-thirds of Company E became casualties. Credit: Chief Photographer's Mate (CPHoM) Robert F. Sargent
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May 30 - Former President Donald Trump appears at Manhattan criminal court during jury deliberations in his criminal hush money trial in New York, May 30, 2024. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool, File)
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Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, sometime between 1932 and 1934, when their exploits in Arkansas included murder, robbery, and kidnapping. Contrary to popular belief the two never married. They were in a longstanding relationship. Posing in front of a 1932 Ford V8 automobile. Recovered from Bonnie and Clyde after their deaths on May 23, 1934.
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May 16. Photo: Maiman_with_the_first_laser (Upper left Corner) Caption: Press photo taken for the Los Angeles Reader on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of the laser at T. Maiman's Los Angeles home.
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May 2. Fighting for abortion rights at the Supreme Court on the day the draft opinion for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization was leaked. Credit: Miki Jourdan via Flickr
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April 25. The battleship Maine entering Havana Bay. It later sank due to an explosion killing 266 servicemen. It was disputed whether or not Spain was responsible.
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April 18 . San Francisco Earthquake of 1906: Ruins in vicinity of Post and Grant Avenue. Looking northeast. Credit: National Archives and Records Administration
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April 11. Slave laborers at Buchenwald after liberation in 1945. Elie Wiesel is seen in the second row, seventh from left. Credit: Private H. Miller. (Army)
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