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Today in Peace & Justice history on September 21, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1483
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 20, 1906
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Today in Peace & Justice history on September 19, 1952 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1417
Today in Peace & Justice history on September 16, 1974
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Today in Peace & Justice history on September 15, 1963 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 1 1386
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 13, 1858 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1372
Today in Peace and Justice history on September 10, 1996 0 spazzmann Sep 2013 Sep 2013 0 1501
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Today in Peace and Justice history on September 7, 1957
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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 31, 1974
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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 30, 1967 0 spazzmann Aug 2013 Aug 2013 0 1330
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American History Continued...

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Today in Peace and Justice history on August 8, 1974
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Today in Peace and Justice history on July 27, 1996
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Today in Peace and Justice history on July 26, 1967
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