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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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April 4. The Lorraine Hotel, located in Memphis Tennessee, where Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated. The wreath denotes his approximate location at the time of his death. Credit: Hectordej7544
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March 28. After the accident, Three Mile Island used only one nuclear generating station, TMI-1, which is on the right. TMI-2, to the left, has not been used since the accident.
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March 21. Civil Rights Marchers walking from Selma to Montgomery Alabama, 1965 Credit: Peter Pettus Library of Congress
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March 7. Hosea Williams (at right front in dark raincoat) and John Lewis (at right in light-colored coat), led protesters to the Edmund Petis bridge on their way from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama during the Civil Rights Movement. Officers are seen giving the protestors a 2 minute warning to turn around before they tear gassed and beat the marchers.  Credit: Photo taken by Spider Martin. National Archives photo.
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February 28. Aerial View of the Branch Davidian Compound near Waco, Texas during the siege. Credit: FBI
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February 21. Malcolm X, on stretcher, is taken from the Audubon Ballroom after being shot Credit: United Press International
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