On July 10, 1875, Mary McLeod Bethune was born in Mayesville, South Carolina. An educator and special advisor to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, this clip from THE ROOSEVELTS highlights her role in Roosevelt’s “Black Cabinet” and advancing New Deal relief for all.

#OTD in 1916, Hawaii National Park was established. Congress initially declined to fund it, as one congressman explained, “it should not cost anything to run a volcano.” Our clip from THE NATIONAL PARKS details the unique geology that continues to draw visitors to the park.

#OTD in 1945, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, instantly killing 40,000 people and tens of thousands more from radiation exposure in subsequent decades. Our clip from THE WAR shows the moments where this bomb changed the world forever.

#OTD in 1877, Thomas Edison invented the phonograph, the first device that could record and play back sound. This clip from BROOKLYN BRIDGE highlights how the device was created during a time of rapid innovation in our country.

#OTD in 1969, The Woodstock Music and Art Fair, a legendary music festival near Bethel, New York, began. This clip from THE VIETNAM WAR shows how the festival attendees grappled with the reality of the war while on a dairy farm thousands of miles away from the front lines.

There have been many powerful speeches at the DNC, including by Yusef Abdus Salaam of THE CENTRAL PARK 5. This clip shows Yusef and Exonerated Five members Antron McCray and Raymond Santana reflecting on the vitriol they received in the media during their wrongful conviction case.

#OTD in 1920, the Nineteenth Amendment, granting women the right to vote, became part of the Constitution of the United States. Watch our video exploring the ongoing battle to protect women’s voting rights in the US: youtube.com/watch?v=GT5Qmx…