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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.
November 13, 1982 - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. Carved into black granite are the 58,260 names of those Americans who died in Vietnam.
#VietnamVeteransMemorial #MayaLin
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November 13, 2025 at 7:54 PM
November 13, 1974 - Karen Silkwood, a technician and union activist (Oil, Chemical, and Atomic Workers' Union) at the Kerr-McGee Cimarron plutonium fuels production plant near Crescent, Oklahoma, was killed in a one-car crash.
#KarenSilkwood
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 PM
11/13/1933 - The first recorded "sit-down" strike in the U.S. was staged by workers at the Hormel Packing Company in Austin, Minnesota. When the Independent Union of All Workers (IUAW) went on strike, the company tried to bring in scab (strike-breaking) workers.
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#FirstSitDownStrike #Union
November 13, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Happy Birthday to Neil Young, born this day in 1945.
Of all his work, "Tonight's The Night" is my favorite.
#NeilYoung #TonightsTheNight #BernardShakey
November 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
#MikeLuckovich 11/12/2025
November 12, 2025 at 4:48 PM
"Slowhand" by Eric Clapton released in November 1977.
#EricClapton #Slowhand #VintageVinyl
November 11, 2025 at 7:35 PM
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Born on this day in 1922 Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
"Billy Pilgrim has come unstuck in time."
#KurtVonnegutJr
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 PM
November 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"Jazz" by Queen released this day in 1978.
#Queen #Jazz #VintageVinyl
November 11, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Patti Smith's "Horses" released this day in 1975.
#PattiSmith #Horses
November 10, 2025 at 11:44 PM
11/10/1924-The Society for Human Rights, the first gay rights organization in the U.S., was founded in Chicago by Henry Gerber, a German immigrant.
#SocietyForHumanRights
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November 10, 2025 at 4:57 PM
"Miles of Aisles" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1974.
#JoniMitchell #MilesOfAisles #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Hunky Dory" by David Bowie released in the US in November 1971.
#DavidBowie #HunkyDory
November 9, 2025 at 10:36 PM
"Volunteers" by Jefferson Airplane was released in November 1969.
#JeffersonAirplane #Volunteers #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
"Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)" by Wu-Tang Clan released this day in 1993.
#WuTangClan #EnterTheWuTang36Chambers
November 9, 2025 at 9:39 PM
"Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs" by Derek and the Dominos was released this day in 1970.
Everyone should know who Tom Dowd is.
#DerekAndTheDominos #LaylaAndOtherAssortedLoveSongs
#EricClapton #DuaneAlman #BobbyWhitlock #JimGordan #CarlRadle #TomDowd #VintageVinyl
November 9, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Bob Gibson born this day in 1935.

"(Hank Aaron told me) 'Don't dig in against Bob Gibson, he'll knock you down. He'd knock down his own grandmother if she dared to challenge him. Don't stare at him, don't smile at him, don't talk to him. He doesn't like it.

#BobGibson

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November 9, 2025 at 5:40 PM
"The Hissing of Summer Lawns" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1975.
#JoniMitchell #TheHissingOfSummerLawns #VintageVinyl
November 8, 2025 at 11:51 PM
"Transformer" by Lou Reed released this day in 1972.
#LouReed #Transformer #VintageVinyl
November 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"Let It Bleed" by The Rolling Stones was released in the US in November 1969.
#TheRollingStones #LetItBleed #VintageVinyl
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Twang! It's Friday!
"Jesus Was a Capricorn" by Kris Kristofferson released in November 1972.
#KrisKristofferson #JesusWasACapricorn #VintageVinyl #TwangItsFriday
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 PM
November 7, 1916 - Jeannette Rankin, a Republican from Missoula, Montana, became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress.
#JeannetteRankin
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November 7, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Joni Mitchell born on this day in 1943.
"For the Roses" by Joni Mitchell released in November 1972.
#JoniMitchell #ForTheRoses #VintageVinyl
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
#MikeLuckovich 11/7/2025
November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM