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Fast History: The End of Woodstock, 1969

Forty years ago this morning, Jimi Hendrix brought down the house to close the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York. Decades later, amid a new era of change, things look suspiciously similar: America is embroiled in ...READ»

Fast History: In Epic Firing, Reagan Cans 11,000 Striking Air Traffic Controllers, 1981

While the economy has stirred layoff fears across the globe, nothing in recent memory compares to this day 28 years ago, when President Ronald Reagan axed 11,359 striking air traffic controllers in one day. After crippling commercial ...READ»