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Glamping!

It's the Summer. Time to get out and enjoy nature with some glamorous camping.

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1936 Republican National Convention in Cleveland

Newsreel footage of the 1936 RNC at the Public Auditorium in Cleveland, where the Republican Party nominated Governor Alf Landon of Kansas for President. He would later lose the election in a landslide to President Franklin Roosevelt, who won his second term.

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Inspired by Donald Trump’s miffed kiss of Vice-Presidential candidate Mike Pence last night. Here are some more awkward political moments.

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“My Word Is My Bond”

A brief history of the phrase that showed up in Melania Trump’s and also Michelle Obama’s convention speeches.

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Netflix & Chill Before It Was A Thing

The euphemism for having a romantic date on your partner’s couch has actually been around in various forms for years.

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1971 D.B. Cooper Skyjacking Case Closed By The FBI

Cooper received a $200,000 ransom then parachuted into infamy in the airspace above Washington.

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Pokemania is Back with Pokemon Go

The augmented reality phenomenon based on the Japanese card game has gone viral just days after release.

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Vice President Aaron Burr fatally shot US founding father Alexander Hamilton in duel on this day July 11, 1804.

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Every year people gather for The Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest in Coney Island, New York

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President Obama names the Stonewall Inn the first national monument dedicated to gay rights.

The 7.7 acres of Greenwich Village has become a gathering place for gay rights activists since it was raided by the police in 1969. Most recently people assembled there to remember the victims of the Pulse Nightclub mass shooting in Orlando.

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As the Democrats hold a sit-in on the House floor for gun control. Here’s a look back at the Sit-In Movement.

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On This Day in 1938 - Joe Louis Gets Revenge

June 22 1938 - heavyweight champion Joe Louis knocks out Max Schmeling of Germany in the first round of their rematch in Yankee Stadium, seen here in slow motion.

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20 Ways to say “Bye, Felicia.”

1. Lindsay Lohan eye roll.

2. Hang up the phone.

3. Nixon resigns with a double-peace sign.

4. South Korean military talk to the hand.

5. Muhammad Ali knockout punch.

6. A smoke and a sneer.

7. O.J. Simpson slow-speed freeway chase.

8. Obama hangs up his Blackberry.

9. Make a funny face.

10. American Airlines pilot waves goodbye to his wife.

11. Stick your tongue out.

12. Phylicia Rashad waves.

13. Walter Matthau hanging up the phone while a young Susan Sarandon is mid-conversation.

14. Singer Lucio Dalla eye roll.

15. Trump talk to the hand.

16. Bronx cheer from Brooklyn Dodger fans at Yankee Stadium.

17. Rupaul on the red carpet.

18. Marilyn Monroe waves to her adoring fans as she boards a plane.

19. Clint Eastwood shirtless eye roll.

20. “Friday” movie poster.

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52 years after the murder by the KKK of 3 men who dared to register black voters, the “Mississippi Burning” case is closed – unsolved.

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“Have you no sense of decency, sir?”

On June 9th, 1954, an exasperated Joseph N. Welch, special counsel for the U.S. Army, calls out Senator Joseph R. McCarthy on his bullying and demagoguery during the Red Scare era Senate-Army Hearings.

Video: Grinberg, Paramount, Pathe Newsreels/Getty Images

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June 1st would have been Marilyn Monroe’s 90th birthday