
The Daily Dose – March 20, 2025
On March 20, 1995, the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, carried out by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, resulted in 13 deaths and thousands of injuries.
On March 20, 1995, the Tokyo subway sarin gas attack, carried out by members of the Aum Shinrikyo cult, resulted in 13 deaths and thousands of injuries.
On March 19, 1918, Congress passed the Standard Time Act, establishing time zones and Daylight Saving Time in the United States.
On March 18, 1965, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov became the first person to perform a spacewalk, exiting the Voskhod 2 spacecraft for 12 minutes.
On March 17, 1776, General Washington’s strategic positioning of cannons forced the British to evacuate Boston, a pivotal early victory for the American Revolution.
On February 19, 1963, The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan was published, a landmark work that, while sparking a new wave of feminism primarily focused on white women’s experiences, also intersected with and influenced the Black feminist movement and its ongoing struggle for equality in the face of both sexism and racism.
On February 18, 1965, James Baldwin’s play “Blues for Mister Charlie” premiered in New York City. Inspired by the murder of Emmett Till, the work explored themes of race, justice, and revenge in the American South.
On February 4th, we celebrate the birthday of Rosa Parks, a lifelong civil rights activist whose courageous act of defiance on a Montgomery bus ignited the Civil Rights Movement.
The tragic California wildfires and the debilitating cold in Texas are a sign of the times: things are getting worse and the local government better buckle up.
January 27th marks the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp, by Soviet troops in 1945.
With ICE watch initially laden with unconfirmed sightings, the first reports have officially been confirmed of agents touching down in Dallas.