John Autry

John Autry

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Husband, father, grandfather, film fan, music aficionado, life long learner, and retired member of the NC House of Representatives.

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October 26, 1970 "Doonesbury", a cartoon series addressing political and social issues written by Garry Trudeau, and initially published in the Yale Daily News when Trudeau was a student, debuted in 28 newspapers. #GarryTrudeau #Doonesbury

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10/26/1881 the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral pitted lawmen against members of a group of cattle rustlers and horse thieves called the Cowboys. #GunfightAtTheOkCorral 1/2

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While lasting less than a minute, the gunfight has been the subject of books and films into the 21st century. For the factual story I recommend "The Last Gunfight" by Jeff Guinn. 2/2

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October 24, 1970 - Salvador Allende, an avowed Marxist and head of the Unidad Popular Party, became the president of Chile after being elected and confirmed by the Chilean Congress. #SalvadorAllende 1/3

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For the next three years, the United States exerted tremendous pressure to destabilize and unseat the Allende government. In 1958, and again in 1964, Allende had run on a socialist/communist platform. 2/3

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In both elections, the United States government (as well as U.S. businesses such as International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT), which had significant investments in Chile) worked to defeat Allende by sending millions of dollars of assistance to his political opponents. 3/3

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10/23/1947-The NAACP filed formal charges with the UN accusing the US of racial discrimination. "An Appeal to the World," edited by W.E.B. DuBois, was a factual study of the denial of the right to vote, and grievances against educational discrimination and lack of other social rights. #NAACP 1/2

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Twang! It's Friday! "The Adventures of Panama Red" by New Riders of the Purple Sage released in October 1973. #NewRidersOfThePurpleSage #TheAdventuresOfPanamaRed #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday

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10/23/1915-33,000 women marched in New York City demanding the right to vote. Known as the "banner parade" because of the multitude of flags & banners carried, it began at 2:00 in the afternoon & continued until long after dark, attracting a record-breaking crowd of spectators. #BannerParade 1/2

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Motor cars brought up the rear decorated with Chinese lanterns; once darkness fell, Fifth Avenue was a mass of moving colored lights. 2/2

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10/23/1945-Jackie Robinson & pitcher John Wright were signed by Branch Rickey, of the Brooklyn Dodgers Baseball Club, to play on a Dodger farm team, the Montreal Royals of the International League. Robinson became the first black baseball player to play on a major league team. #JackieRobinson #MLB

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Released this day in 1969. This is one of those touchstone albums like Revolver, Born To Run, Bruised Orange or Between The Buttons. This had a seismic impact in my musical universe when I first heard it. #LedZeppelin #LedZeppelinII #VintageVinyl

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Tom Waits' "Nighthawks at the Diner" released this day in 1975. My personal gateway to Waits. I was all in. #TomWaits #NighthawksAtTheDiner #VintageVinyl

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October 21, 1837 - The U.S. Army, enforcing President Andrew Jackson’s 1830 Indian Removal Act, captured Seminole leader Osceola (meaning "Black Drink") by inviting him to a peace conference and then seizing him and nineteen others, though they had come under a flag of truce. #Osceola 1/3

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Under the law, they and the others of the “Five Tribes” (Choctaws, Chickasaws, Creeks and Cherokees) were to be moved, by force if necessary, west of the Mississippi to Indian Territory (Arkansas and Oklahoma). 2/3

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The Seminole had moved to Florida (then under the control of Spain) from South Carolina and Georgia as they were forced from their ancestral lands, then forced further south into the Everglades where they settled. 3/3