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The Launch of the Moral Majority

The launch of the 'Moral Majority' in the USA, the eruption of Mount Pinatubo, the fall of Paris to the Germans in 1940 and TV arrives in Bhutan - but not until 1999!

(Photo: Ronald Reagan with Richard Viguerie in Atlanta, Georgia, 1975, courtesy of ConservativeHQ.com)

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Mon 20 Jun 201603:06GMT
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