Generations Broadcasting

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[Generations Broadcasting @GenBroadcastCen]

As we gear up for this year's NFL season, check out these bloopers from Season 3 (2018) of The Extra Point, featuring former New York Giant and Memphis Living Legend, Larry Mallory: https://t.co/xdtWj41rY5

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#DidYouKnow today in 1941, the @Cubs became the first Major League team to have organ music at a ballgame? The first song to be played was called, 'When the Midnight Choo-Choo Leaves For T-U-L-S-A.' #history #baseball #baseballhistory
(📷: May Sebel https://t.co/wSuWZ4gKzs)

[Auschwitz Memorial @AuschwitzMuseum]

19 April 1943 | Groups of Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto began the uprising against Germans. It lasted 27 days. Today we remember the bravery and sacrifice of people who chose to resist against impossible odd to die in dignity & save the human spirit. https://t.co/Gw1xuNRsj5

[Sputnik V @sputnikvaccine]

Following the successful launch of Sputnik, the first man-made object to space, in 1957, on April 12, 1961, exactly 60 years ago, Yury Gagarin became the first human in space. Sputnik V continues this great tradition of scientific accomplishment. Together we are stronger!

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Six million people were killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust. Remember the Holocaust. Never forget how it came to be. #HolocaustRemembranceDay

[CBS News @CBSNews]

Israelis stop their cars and stand in silent honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day as a two-minute siren plays across the country.

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This #VietnamVeteransDay, we are highlighting the Vietnam Veterans we have interviewed over the years. Take a minute to watch one of their short videos about serving in the #VietnamWar here ➡️ https://t.co/igJmzzCZlf

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We watched family events on Zoom, stopped traveling, moved school classes online, and hoped for 2021 to be back to business as usual. No one could have predicted the ways in which our lives would change. #COVID19 #pandemic
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[Generations Broadcasting @GenBroadcastCen]

March 11th, 2020: a day many of us will never forget. One year ago today, the World Health Organization declared Covid-19 a global pandemic. The world began to shut down and we all went from planning out the rest of our year to seeing many aspects of our lives change. #COVID19

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Today is International Women's Day! We all know a woman who has inspired us in our lives and we celebrate you today & every day. #Internationalwomensday

[Generations Broadcasting @GenBroadcastCen]

#OnThisDay in 1954, the U.S. announced they had dropped a hydrogen bomb as a part of Operation Castle. Glenn Ison participated in one of the initial tests of the hydrogen bombs in Operation Castle. Watch his incredible story below ⬇️https://t.co/5nw2qHzCjr
#ColdWar #History

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The Battle of #IwoJima began #OnThisDay in 1945, with 70,000 soldiers taking part in the battle. Jim Reed was among the Marines at Iwo Jima, working as a Browning automatic rifle assistant.
Watch Jim's story of surviving Iwo Jima --> https://t.co/EhLMgpuOFp

[Generations Broadcasting @GenBroadcastCen]

We received word yesterday that @USArmy #veteran Jerry Kasten passed away in Texas. We had the pleasure of interviewing Jerry as a part of the https://t.co/pN5sN1UMpJ project. This is Jerry's story: https://t.co/NNTVFKlLLS

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Did you know #OnThisDay in 1968, the first 911 call was placed? Rep. Rankin Fite, the Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives, made the first 9-1-1 call in the town of Haleyville, Alabama ( 📷: https://t.co/CVwnXUmmXp)

[Chicago Cubs @Cubs]

The first Black starting middle infield in the majors, Ernie Banks and Gene Baker paved the way and cemented their baseball legacies. #BlackHistoryMonth

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@ThatEricAlper The first think I'm going to do when COVID is over is sit inside a @ChickfilA restaurant and eat.

[Generations Broadcasting @GenBroadcastCen]

In today's #Throwback interview, Dana Carroll talks about segregation in the U.S. Army. Watch his recollection of being in the Army during segregation ⬇️ https://t.co/5kebTPAlGq

[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library @Ford_Library]

Ed Dwight, the first African American astronaut candidate, later pursued his childhood dream of being an artist. His work focuses on Black history & culture. Dwight's sculpture “Hands That Picked Cotton Now Can Pick Our Public Officials” is in our Museum collection. #BHM