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April 10. President Richard Nixon Visits Beijing for a ping pong exhibition game in 1972, a year after the first American delegation of any kind had set foot in Beijing since 1949. Nixon was the first president ever to visit China.  Credit: U.S. National Archives
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Friday, April 10, 2026

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March 27. AP Photo/Chris Pizzello
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March 20. Hearst, on the right, yelling commands at bank customers; SLA founder Donald DeFreeze, in the hat on the left, points a gun towards the victims.  Credit: Hibernia Bank's CCTV system
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March 13. The area for TSA screening of travelers at JFK airport's Terminal 1 is relatively empty, Friday, March 13, 2020, in New York. President Trump banned most Europeans from entering the United States to try to slow down the spread of the spread of the virus. Credit: AP Photo/Kathy Willens
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Friday, March 13, 2026

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March 6. Dred Scott around the time of his court case
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February 27. The 22nd amendment was ratified in response to Franklin D. Roosevelt having been elected to 4 consecutive presidencies. Roosevelt, having been the only president to serve more than 2 terms, died almost 3 months into serving his 4th. 
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An automatic camera inside Friendship 7 records astronaut John H. Glenn during his orbital flight. Credit: NASA
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February 13. . Lindbergh testifying at Hauptmann's trial. Hauptmann is in half-profile at right. Credit: Library of Congress
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February 6. The Kid, Charlie Chaplin’s first full length film as a director, in which he also wrote, edited, produced, and starred, is considered one of the best films of the silent film era. The Kid was played by child star Jackie Coogan, whose long career included playing Uncle Fester in The Addams Family TV show. California enacted a law referred to as The Coogan Act, protecting the proceeds earned by child actors.
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January 30. South Vietnamese Rangers fire at a suspected Viet Cong position in a clump of bushes in Binh An Village, in the 7th Precinct of Saigon, March 1, 1968. The area was hit hard in the early days of the Tet Offensive and left many demolished homes, churches and other structures.  Credit: AP Photo
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