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Happy Birthday, Mary Lou Retton, born January 24, 1968! Did you watch the #Olympics that year? Mary Lou Retton was the first female American gymnast to win a gold medal for All-Around in the gymnastics competition.
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On February 16, 1968, the 9-1-1 emergency telephone system first went into service. There are now more than 240 million 9-1-1 calls made each year. THANK YOU to all the hard working 9-1-1 operators that work to save lives every day.
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On June 23, 1868, Christopher Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer." Who remembers using these? 
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Who remembers this famous couple? Singers Johnny Cash and June Carter wed on February 22, 1968.
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45 years ago today, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., age 39, was shot to death in Memphis, Tenn. by James Earl Ray. We offer our sincere respect to MLK for his embracing our first Amendment rights of Freedom of Speech, and for ... Read More
Tags: Assassination, 1968, April 4
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