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Not long after midnight on June 5, 1968, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy (D-NY) was shot and mortally wounded in the Los Angeles Ambassador Hotel, dying #OTD 58 years ago. Learn more about #RFK and his death with archival @CSPAN video clips: https://t.co/It4NZdOcqt.

#USHistory #SSChat

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#OTD in 1944, 160,000 Allied troops attacked along a 50-mile stretch of Normandy beaches defended by German forces in the #DDay invasion. Learn more with archival @cspan video clips: https://t.co/wWB3c3vWWK.

#WorldWarII #SSChat #EdChat #USHistory #WorldHistory #APUSH #OTDH

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A warm thank you to @GovWesMoore, Senator @ChrisVanHollen, @RepRaskin, and @EasternMS_Prin Lisa Shorts for helping us to recognize and celebrate the achievement of the prize winning students Ethan, Rahm, Daniel, Ruby, Madeline, Sonia, Florence, Alma, Chelsea, Henok, Tina, Zadie, Noor, Jeremy & Haohan at Eastern Middle School in @MCPS, Maryland.

So fun to see Senator Van Hollen's staff assistant and EMS almuni Faina Pensy reconnect with teacher Dr. Warren Scheib who was also her teacher adviser when she won 3rd prize in the @StudentCam competition!

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Congratulations to 8th grader Chelsea Chen from Eastern Middle School in Silver Spring, Maryland who won 3rd Prize in the Middle School Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for her video titled, “Our Future Protectors: The Civil Military Gap.”
https://t.co/pXEJntA79U
Click the link above to view her video, a press release, and congratulatory messages from Governor Wes Moore, Senator Chris Van Hollen, and Montgomery County Executive Marc Elrich.

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The U.S. Senate passed a $70 billion Republican reconciliation bill funding Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (@ICEgov) and border patrol through 2029 by a vote of 52-47. There were 30 total votes during the Senate's 19 hour and 45 minute vote-a-rama session.

For more, visit: https://t.co/XJRPEYLAuQ.

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A warm thank you to Governor @iamwesmoore, Senator @ChrisVanHollen, @RepSarahElfreth, Delegate Courtney Watson, and @HCPSS Superintendent @BillJBarnes, Richard Malt and the Howard County social studies team for helping us to recognize teacher David Riddler and his C-SPAN @StudentCam competition prize-winners Alara Kocoglu, Angela Yang, Satvik Jain, Katie Fishman & Rachel Weintraub from Centennial High School in Ellicott City, Maryland.

To view their documentaries and the complete list of winning entries in C-SPAN's 2026 StudentCam competition, please visit, https://t.co/pEQzBYxqT2

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A warm thank you to Governor @iamwesmoore , Senator @ChrisVanHollen Staff Assistant (and two-time @StudentCam winner herself!) Faina Pensy, Delegate @jaredssolomon, Delegate Aaron Kaufman, Delegate Emily Shetty, and Senator Jeff Waldstreicher, Councilmember @Andrew_Friedson, @OfficialBCCHS principal Kevin Yates and the school's newspaper staff for helping us to recognize two-time prize winner Eton Smith, and five-time prize winner Alana Anantham!

To view their documentaries and the complete list of winning entries in C-SPAN's 2026 StudentCam competition, please visit, https://t.co/pEQzBYxYIA

@MCPS

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Congratulations to Audrey Cheung, Matthew Dinh, & Racko Lee Cabunoc from Yerba Buena High School in San Jose, California who won 3rd Prize in the High School Western Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “The Modern Ethnic Struggle,” about the past and present-day challenges of Asian communities, including Japanese and Filipino Americans.
https://t.co/pa4FlHWNUr
Click the link above to view their video, a press release about their win, and a congratulatory message from Senator Alex Padilla.

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#OTD in 1989, the Chinese military confronted a large group of demonstrators in #TiananmenSquare, Beijing, whom were seeking social, political and economic reforms. Learn more from Rep. Christopher Smith (R-NJ) and others: https://t.co/qF9q8Yf5kq.

#China #Protests #WorldHistory

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"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." 🥊

This BRAND NEW @CSPAN lesson provides a tour of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky: https://t.co/kO2tflTrxb.

@AliCenter #AliCenter

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Congratulations to Salem Safadi, Samuel Evans, & Sergio Ortiz Lugo from Wake Stem Early College High School in Cary, North Carolina who won 3rd Prize in the High School Eastern Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, “The Uncounted Voice: Youth, Democracy, & the Ballot Box.”
https://t.co/IRVbN81Fck
Click the link above to view their video, a press release about their win, and congratulatory messages from Governor Josh Stein, Congresswoman Deborah Ross, Cary Town Councilmember Bella Huang, and Superintendent Dr. Robert P. Taylor.

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Congratulations to Rehan Mathew Koshy from Walter Payton College Preparatory High School in Chicago, Illinois who won 3rd Prize in the High School Central Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for his video titled, “Life, Liberty, and the Zip Code,” about how the values stated in the Declaration of Independence connect to the major contemporary issue of health disparities impacting America, especially his hometown of Chicago.
https://t.co/BgNb9Itw78
Click the link above to view his video, a press release about his win, and a congratulatory message from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.

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Sen. @ChuckGrassley: "Happy 40th Birthday to C-SPAN broadcasting democracy in the Senate to the American people."

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.@LeaderJohnThune: "On this day 40 yeas ago, C-SPAN broadcast the United States Senate for the very first time...it's ensured that what happens here is lost neither to the day's news cycle nor to history."

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During the years 1692-1693, people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony were accused of witchcraft. #OTD in 1692, Bridget Bishop was the first to be tried and convicted. Learn more from author @stacyschiff and others: https://t.co/5YBNPY5vym.

#SSChat #EdChat #USHistory #MAHistory

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This NEW @CSPAN Classroom lesson provides a tour of Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, VA, focusing on its gravesites and memorials connected to the Revolutionary War: https://t.co/3FHchfBKBS.

#A250 #America250 #AmericanRevolution #AmRevWar #USHistory #ArlingtonCemetery

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Congrats to Josie Connor & Mia Martin from Correia Middle School in San Diego, California who won 3rd Prize in the Middle School Division of the 2026 C-SPAN StudentCam documentary competition for their video titled, "The Writer's Declaration: 148 Days To Save Hollywood, about the WGA strike of 2023."
https://t.co/25Qn6Onrns
Click the link above to view their video, a press release, and congratulatory messages from U.S. Senator Alex Padilla, Congressman Scott Peters, Assemblymember Tasha Boerner, San Diego Council President Joe LaCava, & Superintendent Dr. Fabi Bagula.

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New York Times climate adaptation correspondent Scott Dance discussed the current state of and potential changes to the Federal Emergency Management Agency (@FEMA) and the agency's readiness heading into storm season.

For more, visit: https://t.co/hq42c0pbCl.

#FEMA #Hurricane

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This week's @CSPAN Classroom e-newsletter is available at https://t.co/Tr7DrUn17L and includes:
📚 summer reading from #CSPAN's "America's Book Club" with @DM_Rubenstein,
🏫 end-of-year research, inquiry, and enrichment lessons,
🗓️ & our June "On This Day in History" collection.

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#OTD in 1921, a mob of white residents of Tulsa, OK attacked black residents and businesses, resulting in the deaths of around 100 people. Learn more from @UofOklahoma's Kalenda Eaton and others: https://t.co/Iq2wy8tUJ9.

#APUSH #USHistory #SSChat #EdChat #TulsaRaceMassacre