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In June 1992, then-presidential candidate Bill Clinton was featured as a guest on The Arsenio Hall Show. His appearance made headlines due to Clinton's saxophone performance of Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel". Clinton's performance on the show is considered by many as a significant moment in his political career. Clinton's eccentric performance helped build his popularity among younger voters. Upon the episodes release, images of Clinton's performance became used for his presidential campaign, which he would go on to win.

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Born in 1928, Birch Bayh was an Indiana senator from 1963 to 1981 before running for President of the United States. Bayh had intended to run in 1972 but dropped out of the race due to his wife’s cancer diagnosis. Bayh was unsuccessful in both attempts to win the candidacy, eventually losing his Senate seat in 1980.

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Chapter 1199 of the Service Employees International Union supported Hillary Clinton when she ran for President of the United States in both 2008 and 2016. The 1119 was founded in 1932 in New York City and fought for higher wages and to end racial segregation. Today, they have over 400,000 members and continue to fight for equal rights for all working people. 

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The 1926 Philadelphia Sesqui-Centennial International Exposition was a public relations event intended to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of America and 50th anniversary of the 1876 Centennial Exposition. Sadly, the exposition was not a great success. Opening day was rained out and attendance was far below expectation. The fair went into receivership and the assets were auctioned off.

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Beginning in 1937 and lasting until 1945, the Second Sino-Japanese War was a brutal conflict that China had to shoulder mostly by itself throughout World War Two. In 1937 the Allied countries were keen on isolationist stances in international affairs and opted to ignore the Japanese invasion, in lieu of a formal rebuke from the International community. Seeing China fight a desperate war to resist the Japanese Invasion without support from other countries inspired many Chinese immigrants to aid their former countrymen by holding rallies and organizing fundraisers to support the war. The 1941 San Francisco Rice Bowl Festival was the largest of three major events held in California to raise funds for Chinese troops, the event was wildly successful with over $100,000 raised (or almost $2 million when adjusted for inflation). 

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The year 1965 is significant for civil rights, beginning with the march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama led by Martin Luther King, Jr. Just months later, the Voting Rights Act secured African Americans the right to vote by constitutional amendment. Civil Rights leaders, including Martin Luther King, Jr. were present when President Lyndon Johnson signed the groundbreaking law.

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Tino De Ocampo (also spelled Deocampo), a Miwok Native American, was tried for the murder of a white man in the 1970s. A grand jury refused to indict him, but the district attorney prosecuted him anyway. The trial lasted more than two weeks, and the jury acquitted him. De Ocampo was supported through the process by the American Indian Movement.

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Founded in 1942 by Gerald L. K. Smith, the Christian Nationalist Crusade was an American political organization  headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. The organization promoted anti-Semitic and racist views, supporting segregation and distributing publications to "preserve America’s Christian roots." The group’s headquarters moved to California in the early 1950s before disbanding in the late 1970s. 

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Beginning in September 1965, the Delano grape strike was organized by the Agricultural Workers Organizing Committee and the United Farm Workers against grape growers in California. The strike lasted over five years and ended with a consumer boycott of nonunion grapes.The strike began when farm workers refused to work while demanding federal minimum wages. The strike gained national attention and by 1970, the UFW was able to reach a collective bargaining agreement with the grape growers that affected nearly 10,000 workers.

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Ronald Reagan was an actor and a politician who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. In 1982, Reagan reversed his position on the draft policy, angering leaders of the anti-draft movement. The President ordered the draft registration program to be extended indefinitely after he originally denounced the revival of the program under President Carter two years earlier. The ACLU condemned the move and pointed out that the government had already wasted millions of dollars trying to enforce a law that the President wanted to abolish.