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June 23 History Highlights From 1888 to Notable Birthdays
On this day in history, Frederick Douglass received a lone GOP vote in 1888 making him the first Black candidate named in nominating talks. Other events include the Battle of Plassey in 1757 and Nixon's 1972 Watergate-related tape discussion. Notable birthdays include Diana Trask and James Levine.
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Frederick Douglass
Kentucky
Chicago
U.S
Benjamin Harrison
East India Company
Robert Clive
Plassey
India
Britain
America
United States Government Printing Office
Wiley Post
Harold Gatty
New York
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Senate
House
Harry S. Truman
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Alexei Kosygin
Glassboro State College
New Jersey
Warren E. Burger
United States
Earl Warren
Richard Nixon
White House
H.R. Haldeman
CIA
FBI
Nixon
James E. Hansen
Goddard Institute For Space Studies
Lorena Bobbitt
Prince William County
John
John Bobbitt
Canada
Supreme Court
Howard Dean
Maynard Jackson Jr
Atlanta
Arlington
Zimbabwe
U.N. Security Council
Robert Mugabe
Seattle
Felix Hernandez
Mariners
New York Mets
Syria
Turkey
Ashton Eaton
Eugene
Ore
General Hospital
NBC
Diana Trask
James Levine
WYN
Rosetta Hightower
The
Orlons
Ted Shackelford
Bryan Brown
Clarence Thomas
Jim Metzler
Randy Jackson
Frances McDormand
Steve Shelley
Sonic Youth
Paul la Greca
Chico DeBarge
Selma Blair
KT Tunstall
Virgo Williams
Ghostowns
Jason Mraz
Melissa Rauch
Duffy
Katie Armiger