History Today
History Today - Oct. 16
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In 1968, US track stars Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised black-gloved fists in the air in protest of mistreatment of African American people in the US. In 1859, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on a federal armory in Harpers Ferry, VA. In 1793, Marie Antoinette was executed in France. 1961, country singer Patsy Cline released 'Crazy', a song written by Willie Nelson. In 2024, Liam Payne, a…