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Drumbeats on the horizon: the first Lincoln-Douglas debate

The newly-formed, anti-slavery Republican Party had nominated Abraham Lincoln for US Senate.

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The best blues singer you may not know

Big Mama Thornton recorded “Hound Dog” – a song written for her – on 13 August 1952.

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The Navy recalls retired Commander Grace Hopper

“Amazing Grace” served her second stint in the Navy from August 1967 to August 1986.