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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1952, A Big Platform Victory For Eisenhower
July 9, 2010 On this day in 1952, backers of Gen. Dwight Eisenhower win a major victory over Sen. Robert Taft on the floor of the Republican National Convention, a victory that will lead to Ike getting the GOP presidential nomination.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1966, Mass. GOP Backs Ed Brooke For Senate
June 25, 2010 On this day in 1966, Edward Brooke takes the first step on his way to becoming the Senate's first black member since Reconstruction, winning the endorsement of the Massachusetts GOP at its convention.
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Flashback Friday: This Day In 1964, Goldwater Says No To Civil Rights Bill
June 18, 2010 On this day in 1964, Barry Goldwater, the frontrunner for the GOP presidential nomination, announces on the Senate floor he will vote against the civil rights bill, calling it unconstitutional.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1963, Wallace Yields/Blacks Enroll At Ala.
June 11, 2010 On this day in 1963, Gov. George Wallace makes his famous "stand in the doorway" defiance against permitting the enrollment of two black students at the University of Alabama, only to give way.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 2002, Primaries Held In 7 States
June 4, 2010 Seven states hold primaries on this date in 2002, including Alabama, where Bob Riley wins the GOP nomination for governor and Rep. Earl Hilliard (D-07) is forced into a runoff with Artur Davis.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1996, Ark. Gov. Tucker Guilty, Will Resign
May 28, 2010 Fourteen years ago today, a jury in Little Rock finds Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker (D) guilty of bank fraud charges in independent counsel Ken Starr's Whitewater investigation.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1995, Ex-Rep./Defense Sec'y Les Aspin Dies
May 21, 2010 On this day in 1995, Les Aspin, a former House Democrat from Wisconsin and President Clinton's first secretary of defense — who was forced to resign within a year of taking the Cabinet post — dies at age 56.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1979, Bob Dole Announces White House Bid
May 14, 2010 On this day in 1979, Sen. Bob Dole (R-KS) declares his candidacy for the 1980 Republican presidential nomination. nbsp; In 1976, he was the GOP nominee for vice president on the ticket led by Gerald Ford.
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Flashback Friday: On This Day In 1956, Ex-Vice President Alben Barkley Dies
April 30, 2010 Fifty-four years ago today, Sen. Alben Barkley of Kentucky, who served as vice president under Harry Truman from 1949-53, died of a heart attack. He was 78 years old.