historic

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A large group of anti-fascist protesters showed up to the conservative group’s event Monday on Berkeley’s famed Sproul Plaza, ground zero for the historic 1960s campus free speech movement.

From Los Angeles Times

Fall River is one of those northern post-industrial cities that’s been futilely trying to reverse decline for decades, first by bulldozing historic neighborhoods to build highways, and now by constructing breweries and farmer’s markets.

From Salon

Soskin grew up in a Cajun-Creole African American family that settled in Oakland after a historic flood devastated their home in New Orleans in 1927, according to her Park Service biography.

From Los Angeles Times

That detail was confirmed in July during what was a historic month for Williams.

From Los Angeles Times

Netflix’s historic Warner Bros. acquisition will transform Hollywood and the streaming wars, raises antitrust questions and puts major franchises like DC and ‘Stranger Things’ under one roof.

From Los Angeles Times