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43 years ago today, PATCO began an illegal strike, endangering America by compromising air safety. In response President Reagan issued a 48 hour ultimatum to the strikers, telling them to return to work or be fired. Fed Chair Paul Volcker called the ultimatum a watershed moment in fighting inflation
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Today marks the 79th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima. This, alongside the bombing of Nagasaki three days later, saved millions of American and Japanese lives by compelling Japan to surrender without the need of an Allied invasion of the Japanese home islands.
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43 years ago today, PATCO began an illegal strike, endangering America by compromising air safety. In response President Reagan issued a 48 hour ultimatum to the strikers, telling them to return to work or be fired. Fed Chair Paul Volcker called the ultimatum a watershed moment in fighting inflation
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