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This Day, 2012: Two days after 20 schoolchildren and six adults were murdered in a Newtown, CT school, President Obama visited. His words that night to a room full of grieving families and a stunned nation were arguably the most eloquent of his presidency
Obama's words to the families of Sandy Hook elementary - on this day in 2012 - touched his successor; @RealDonaldTrump took millions from the NRA and has protected its agenda - yet also spoke (after the Feb. 2018 Fla. school massacre) of stiffer laws. But nothing happened
The November midterm swept away 15 of the NRA's top allies in the House; House Democrats could move to tighten gun laws - but a Republican-dominated Senate and a presidential veto pen means the status quo will likely prevail until at least 2021
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First film screened in the new White House movie theater - this day in 1942 - and it was a good one
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World War II was over and America stood astride the world like a colossus; never again would it be so utterly dominant: half the world's GDP, untouched by the war itself - the only country with the bomb
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Two Presidents died on this day. Modest men from the Midwest, each had been VP for just a few months before ascending to the top job. Harry Truman, the 33d POTUS (1945-53), died in 1972; Gerald Ford, the 38th (1974-77) in 2006
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