Silver Thursday

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The Hunt brothers being sworn in before a House subcommittee investigating Silver Thursday

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Salem Witch Trials. Photogravure after the painting by Walter McEwen titled - The Witches - circa 1890s.

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Middle East bee locator map

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Time zone map with standard time zones and International Date Line

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African Americans demonstrating for voting rights in front of the White House as police and others watch, March 12, 1965. One sign reads, "We demand the right to vote everywhere." Voting Rights Act, civil rights.

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Statue of Nostradamus

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Scolex (head) of the tapeworm Taenia solium. The hooks of the scolex enable the tapeworm to attach to the intestinal wall.

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Facts

Date	March 27, 1980

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The Hunt brothers being sworn in before a House subcommittee investigating Silver Thursday

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Topics

international trade silver stock exchange Great Depression stock market crash of 1929 Black Friday financial crisis of 2007–08 Black Monday Black Thursday dot-com bubble Great Recession euro-zone debt crisis

Key People

Hunt, Nelson Bunker

American oil tycoon