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Howard Unruh and the Walk of Death: America’s First Modern Mass Shooting
On 6 Sept 1949, Howard Unruh walked through Camden, NJ, killing 13 people in just 12 minutes. Known as the “Walk of Death,” it is often called America’s first modern mass shooting. His chilling story still echoes today.


Sorosis and the Birth of America’s Women-Only Clubs
When Jane Cunningham Croly and her peers were denied entry to a Dickens dinner in 1868, they created their own club. Sorosis became the first women-only club in America, and a catalyst for women’s rights, civic activism, and the power of sisterhood.


The Day Squeaky Fromme Pointed a Gun at President Ford
In 1975, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme of the Manson Family aimed a gun at President Gerald Ford in Sacramento. The weapon misfired, Ford survived, and Fromme spent 34 years in prison.
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